Common Galaxias
Galaxias maculatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 588
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus) or inanga (from the Māori īnanga or īnaka) is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Galaxiidae that is widespread in the Southern Hemisphere. It is migratory, living in fresh water but spawning at river mouths, spending the first six months of its life at sea, and returning en masse in spring. Its vernacular names include cowfish, jollytail, common jollytail, eel gudgeon, inaka, native trout, pulangi, puye, slippery tarki, spotted minnow, Falklands minnow and whitebait.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common galaxias”.