Aplochiton marinus is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between ocean and fresh water.[2]
Aplochiton marinus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Galaxiiformes |
Family: | Galaxiidae |
Genus: | Aplochiton |
Species: | A. marinus |
Binomial name | |
Aplochiton marinus Eigenmann, 1928 | |
A. marinus is endemic to Chile.[3] FishBase lists A. marinus as a synonym of A. taeniatus (also reported in Argentina),[2] but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.[1]
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