Galaxias pedderensis Frankenberg, 1968
Pedder galaxias
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct in the wild
Last record: 1987 (Chilcott et al., 2013)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Lake Pedder, Tasmania, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Frankenberg, R. S. (1968). Two new species of galaxiid fishes from the Lake Pedder region of southern Tasmania. Australian Zoologist 14: 268-274.
Other references:
Adams, Mark et al. (2023). Multi-gene insights into the taxonomy and conservation of Tasmania’s galaxiid fishes. Marine and Freshwater Research 74(13): 1113-1128. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF22263
Burridge CP, McDowall RM, Craw D, Wilson MVH, Waters JM (2012) Marine dispersal as a pre-requisite for Gondwanan vicariance among elements of the galaxiid fish fauna. Journal of Biogeography 39, 306–321. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02600.x
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Chilcott, Stuart et al. (2013). Extinct habitat, extant species: lessons learned from conservation recovery actions for the Pedder galaxias (Galaxias pedderensis) in south-west Tasmania, Australia. Marine & Freshwater Research 64(9): 864-873. [Abstract]
Crook, D.A. and Sanger, A.C. 1997. Recovery Plan for the Pedder, Swan, Clarence, swamp and saddled galaxias. Inland Fisheries Commission, Hobart.
Davis, William E. Jnr. (2007). Tasmania: A Natural History. Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons. 269 pp.
Environment Australia. (2007). Galaxias pedderensis (Family Galaxiidae) Account on SpeciesBank. Available at http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-treatment2.pl?id=26169 (accessed 17 June 2007).
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Gaffney, R. F., Hamr, P., and Davies, P. E. (1992). The Pedder galaxias recovery plan: Management Phase. Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage, Hobart.
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Sanger, A. C. (1988). The distribution, abundance and status of the swamp galaxias and G. pedderensis in the Lake Pedder region of the World Heritage Area. In ‘Further Collections of Freshwater Fauna from the World Heritage Area, Tasmania’. (Ed. W. Fulton) pp. 33–36. Inland Fisheries Commission Occasional Report 88-03. Inland Fisheries Commission, Hobart.
Sanger, A. C. (2001). Prospects and problems for the restoration of the Pedder galaxias. In ‘Lake Pedder: Values and Restoration’. (Ed. C. Sharples.) pp. 125–130. Occasional Paper No. 27. Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
Sanger, A., and Fulton, W. (1989). Investigation of the Lake Pedder galaxias, Galaxias pedderensis. Report to Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage, Tasmania.
Threatened Species Unit (1999). Listing Statement: Pedder Galaxias Galaxias pedderensis. Parks and Wildlife Service, Dept of Environment and Land Management, Hobart.
Wager, R. (1996). Galaxias pedderensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 28 April 2013.
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