Pencil galaxias are a group of small galaxias species found in New Zealand. Pencil galaxias are so-called due to their thin pencil-shaped bodies; they have small fins with long, slender caudal peduncles. Species vary in lengths between long.
These species are non-diadromous, spending most of their lives in mainly sub-alpine waterways.
Species Five species of pencil galaxias have been formally described: Galaxias cobitinis – Lowland longjaw galaxias Galaxias divergens – Dwarf galaxias Galaxias macronasus – Bignose galaxias Galaxias paucispondylus – Alpine galaxias Galaxias prognathus – Longjawed galaxias
See also Freshwater fish of New Zealand
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