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

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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

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