Native Trout

Galaxias truttaceus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–1 m
Water temperature10–20 °C
Best monthsJanuary, November, and December
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Codman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Spotted galaxias is a largish, primarily-freshwater galaxias species found in southern Australia. They are a somewhat tubular, deep-bodied fish, with a dusky brownish-red colouration overlain with dark, haloed spots, dramatic black edges to dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, and a dark diagonal stripe through the eye.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Spotted galaxias”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 40 records
February: 22 records
March: 37 records
April: 17 records
May: 25 records
June: 3 records
July: 15 records
August: 5 records
September: 8 records
October: 37 records
November: 42 records
December: 44 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 2.5 m

0–10 m: 29 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–20 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 8 records
14–16 °C: 112 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Zara, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Zara, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) pimelea, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Jesse de Vries, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Native Trout, Ocellated Mountain Trout, Spotted Galaxias, Spotted Minnow, Spotted Mountain Trout, Spotted Trout Minnow, Trout Galaxias, Trout Minnow, Western Mountain Trout, Yarra Trout

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 點南乳魚

Other scientific names: Esox truttaceus, Galaxias ocellatus, Galaxias scopus

Similar species

Common Galaxias
Galaxias maculatus
Broad-finned Galaxias
Galaxias brevipinnis
Banded kokopu
Galaxias fasciatus
Giant kokopu
Galaxias argenteus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,697 open-data records from 1899 to 2018.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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