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Roundhead galaxias

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ5255303 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Central Otago roundhead galaxias (Galaxias anomalus) is a galaxiid of the genus Galaxias, found only in the Taieri and Clutha catchments in Otago, New Zealand. It grows to a length of up to 13 cm (5.1 in).

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Galaxias anomalus". FishBase. March 2006 version.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Roundhead galaxias” is species of fish. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Roundhead, galaxias and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Roundhead, galaxias and species is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Roundhead galaxias” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.