| Arthurs paragalaxias | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Galaxiiformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Genus: | Paragalaxias |
| Species: | P. mesotes |
| Binomial name | |
| Paragalaxias mesotes McDowall & Fulton, 1978 | |
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Arthurs galaxias (Paragalaxias mesotes) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.
It is found at Arthurs Lake (Tasmania), Lake Woods and Lake River near Woods Lake dam, in the Central Highlands (Tasmania).
It is one of the species considered in the 2006 Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae recovery programme.
References
- Freeman, R. (2019). "Paragalaxias mesotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T16109A123378508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T16109A123378508.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "THE POWER PROBLEM". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXXV, no. 46. Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Paragalaxias-mesotes.html Paragalaxias Mesotes entry in Fishbase
- Allen, Gerald R; Allen, Gerald R. (1989), Freshwater fishes of Australia, T.H.F. Publications, ISBN 978-0-86622-936-4
- Allen, Gerald R.; Midgley, S. H. (Stephen Hamar); Allen, Mark; Western Australian Museum (2003), Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia (Rev. ed.), Western Australian Museum, ISBN 978-0-7307-5486-2
- Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae
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