Kingdom Animalia Genus Aplochiton Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Galaxiidae Scientific name Aplochiton marinus Higher classification Aplochiton Order Osmeriformes | |
Similar Aplochiton, Aplochiton zebra, Mordacia lapicida, Galaxias platei, Osmeriformes | ||
Aplochiton marinus is a species of fish in the Galaxiidae family. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between marine and fresh water.
A. marinus is endemic to Chile. FishBase lists A. marinus as a synonym of A. taeniatus (also reported in Argentina), but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.
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