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Teleostei (teleosts) > Galaxiiformes (Southern smelts) > Galaxiidae (Galaxiids) > Galaxiinae
Etymology: Brachygalaxias: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, galaxias = a fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Dr Dillman Samuel Bullock (1878–1971) was an agriculturalist, naturalist and Methodist missionary. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.

Issue
Includes B. gothei Busse (1982) which was considered a junior synonym of G. bullocki by Berra et al. (1995). See McDowall (1971b) for detailed description. Occasionally kept as an aquarium species.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 15°C - 20°C (Ref. 2060); 35°S - 42°S (Ref. 79894)

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South America: Central Chile from about Talca south to Chiloé Island.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34281)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Breeding activity occurs from June to September (Ref. 33843).

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Berra, T.M., 2003. Family Galaxiidae (Galaxiids). p. 503-506. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 79894)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 March 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00358 - 0.01533), b=3.13 (2.94 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec=50).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Brachygalaxias bullocki (Regan, 1908)