Aplochiton marinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osmeriformes |
Family: | Galaxiidae |
Genus: | Aplochiton |
Species: | A. marinus |
Binomial name | |
Aplochiton marinus Eigenmann, 1928 |
Aplochiton marinus is a species of fish in the Galaxiidae family. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between marine and fresh water.
A. marinus is endemic to Chile.FishBase lists A. marinus as a synonym of A. taeniatus (also reported in Argentina), but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.