Western Victorian Blackfish, Gadopsis sp SW
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Bray, D.J. 2024, Gadopsis sp SW in Fishes of Australia, accessed 21 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5736
Western Victorian Blackfish, Gadopsis sp SW
More Info
Distribution |
Restricted to a small area of south-western Victoria. Inhabits clear gently flowing streams and still pools, and swamps, with abundant instream habitat such as log snags, aquatic vegetation or rock. |
Species Citation |
Raadik, T. 2019. Gadopsis sp. nov. 'Western Victoria'. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T123358527A123382791. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T123358527A123382791.en. Accessed on 09 October 2024. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
Western Victorian Blackfish, Gadopsis sp SW
References
Hammer, M.P., Unmack, P.J., Adams, M., Raadik, T.A., Johnson, J.B. 2014. A multigene molecular assessment of cryptic biodiversity in the iconic freshwater blackfishes (Teleostei: Percichthyidae: Gadopsis) of southeastern Australia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111: 521–540. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12222
Unmack, P.J., Sandoval-Castillo, J., Hammer, M.P., Adams, M., Raadik, T.A., Beheregaray, L.B. 2017. Genome-wide SNPs resolve a key conflict between sequence and allozyme data to confirm another threatened candidate species of river blackfishes (Teleostei: Percichthyidae: Gadopsis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 415-420 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.013
Species Maps
CAAB distribution map