The larval development of Galaxias occidentalis, Galaxiella munda and Galaxiella nigrostriata is described and illustrated with material collected from freshwater habitats in south-westem Australia. Galaxias occidentalis larvae are very ... of diadromous populations of G. maculatus. Larvae of Galaxiella munda and G. nigrostriata are elongate (3843 myomeres) and ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
1994 - CSIRO Publishing | Marine and Freshwater Research
L. J. Pen, I. C. Potter, R. W. Hilliard,
The reproductive biology, growth and diet of Galaxiella munda McDowall in a south‐western Australian river are described. Monthly trends in gonadosomatic indices, stages in ovarian development and the size and maturity ... mm, 4.217 and ‐0.0012 for males. Galaxiella munda fed predominantly on terrestrial fauna on the water ... the above aspects of the biology of G. munda and those recorded for three other locally endemic species ( Galaxias occidentalis Ogilby, Bostockia porosa Castelnau and Edelia vittata Castelnau) and wherever possible with other Galaxiella species. Such comparisons have emphasized the relationship between ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
1991 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology
David L. Morgan, Dean C. Thorburn, Howard S. Gill,
... E. vittata, Nightfish Bostockia porosa and Mud Minnow Galaxiella munda, the elevated salinities in the upper reaches of ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
2003 - CSIRO Publishing | Pacific Conservation Biology
Howard S. Gill, David L. Morgan,
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
1997 - Springer Science+Business Media | Environmental Biology of Fishes
... Galaxias Cuvier, are placed in the new genus Galaxiella. G. munda sp.nov. is described from Western Australia, where ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
1978 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
R. M. McDowall, Jonathan M. Waters,
... what seems to be a juvenile character in Galaxiella, in G. munda, may suggest that it is a neotenous derivative of another Galaxiella species. Known morphological characters do not identify the sister species of G. munda, though on zoogeographic grounds it is perhaps more likely to share closest ancestry with G. nigrostriata. Keywords: Galaxiidae Brachygalaxias Galaxiella phylogenetic relationshipssexual dimorphismbiogeography Notes National Institute of Water ...
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2004 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
L. J. Pen, Howard S. Gill, Paul Humphries, I. C. Potter,
... growth, age composition, reproductive biology and diet of Galaxiella nigrostriata in seasonal water bodies in south‐western Australia are described and compared with G. munda and G. pusilla . Like the other two Galaxiella species, G. nigrostriata has a 1 year life ... G. munda and G. pusilla , respectively. Like G. munda, G. nigrostriata is a multiple spawner. Although all three Galaxiella species breed mainly in winter and early spring, ... seasonal rains. All three Galaxielta species are carnivores. Galaxiella nigrostriata mainly takes prey from the water column and the water surface, G. pusilla focuses on prey in the water column and benthos, and G. munda feeds widely on prey on the water surface, ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
1993 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology