Dwarf inanga

The dwarf inanga (Galaxias gracilis) is a galaxiid of the genus Galaxias, found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Dwarf inanga
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Galaxiiformes
Family:	Galaxiidae
Genus:	Galaxias
Species:	G. gracilis
Binomial name
Galaxias gracilis McDowall, 1967
Approximate known distribution (in orange) of the dwarf inanga on a map of the North Island

It is a landlocked galaxiid present in only eleven lakes on the west coast of the North Island within 50 km (31 mi) of Dargaville, and in Lake Ototoa on the South Kaipara Head, where it was introduced in 1986. It can reach a maximum length of around 6.2 cm (2.4 in).