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Rediscovery of Galaxias globiceps Eigenmann from Southern Chile
Author(s) -
Berra Tim M.,
Ruiz Victor H.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1994)123<0595:roggef>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - streams , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology , galaxias , juvenile , geography , ecology , physics , computer network , quantum mechanics , galaxy , computer science
In 1919 Eigenmann collected an unciescribed species of freshwater fish from southern Chile that he named Galaxias globiceps . This species has not been collected since then. In 1992 we sampled the streams in the area visited by Eigenmann and collected 12 juvenile G. globiceps . Morphometric measurements are presented that distinguish G. globiceps from G. platei and that demonstrate that the new specimens are indeed G. globiceps .