Brachygalaxias bullocki

Brachygalaxias bullocki

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Galaxiidae

Brachygalaxias bullocki, the red jollytail or puye, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Galaxiidae, the galaxiids. This fish is endemic to Chile. Taxonomy Brachygalaxias bullocki was first formally described as Galaxias bullocki in 1908 by the British ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan with its type locality given as Maquehue, near Temuco in southern Chile.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Brachygalaxias bullocki

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