This is overlaid with a pattern of dark spots and blotches and a faint band of gold speckles along the mid sides.

[3] Recorded only from the east branch of Rintoul Creek in the La Trobe River catchment of Victoria at an elevation of 195–275 metres (640–902 ft).

Examination of museum specimens captured in the early twentieth century suggest this species may have been more widely distributed within the La Trobe system in the past, including perhaps, as far downstream as Traralgon.

It consists of a series of pools of an average depth of 90 centimetres (3.0 ft), interspersed with small and shallow 50 millimetres (2.0 in) riffle zones.

[3] Living its entire life in freshwater, unlike many other galaxias species this fish does not have a marine phase in its lifecycle.