Distribution of the Western paragalaxias (Paragalaxias julianus) (Pisces: Galaxiidae) on the Western Central Plateau, Tasmania

Abstract

The known distribution ofthe rare Tasmanian endemic fish species Western (Paragalaxias julianus McDowell & Fulton, 1978) is extended from 17 to 63 sites restricted to the Tasmanian Central Plateau in a region known as the Western Lakes in the World Heritage Area. The was found in catchments, some lakes where it had not previously been recorded and from a wider range of habitat types than previously described.