Brachygalaxias
Encyclopedia
Brachygalaxias is a genus of osmeriform fish of the family
Galaxiidae. It comprises two small species endemic to Chile
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Galaxiidae. It comprises two small species endemic to Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
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Species
- Brachygalaxias bullockiBrachygalaxias bullockiBrachygalaxias bullocki is a species of fish in the Galaxiidae family. It is endemic to Chile.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 3 August 2007....
(Regan, 1908) - Brachygalaxias gotheiBrachygalaxias gotheiBrachygalaxias gothei is a species of fish in the Galaxiidae family. It is endemic to Chile.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
Busse, 1982