Aplochiton marinus
Encyclopedia
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 Aplochiton taeniatus (also reproted in Argentina
), but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Galaxiidae family. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between marine and fresh water.
A. marinus is endemic to Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. FishBase
FishBase
FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish species . It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web...
lists A. marinus as a synonym of Aplochiton taeniatus (also reproted in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
), but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.