Genus Galaxias Cuvier, 1816
- Galaxias Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. [183] [as a subgenus of Esox; Esox truttaceus listed as new species in footnote by Cuvier, but no description given and McDowall 1967 regarded truttaceus from that work as a nomen nudum; alternately one could argue that that name was a reference to the generic definition and covered the new species description, making that type species by monotypy; Cuvier also listed truttaceus as a possible synonym of Esox argenteus Forster, which as a conditional assignment has no status, therefore we follow McDowall 1967 here.].
Type species:
Galaxias fasciatus Gray, 1842 by subsequent monotypy, see Gray, J.E. 1842. Three hitherto unrecorded species of fresh-water fish brought from New Zealand and presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach. Zoological Miscellany 1842: 73 [73].Secondary source:
McDowall, R.M. 1967. Some points of confusion in galaxiid nomenclature. Copeia 1967(4): 841-843 [842].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern circumglobal in fresh water.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR)
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
McDowall, R.M. & Frankenberg, R.S. 1981. The galaxiid fishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 33(10): 443-605 figs 1-47
Raadik, T.A. 2014. Fifteen from one: a revision of the Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866 complex (Teleostei, Galaxiidae) in south-eastern Australia recognises three previously described taxa and describes 12 new species. Zootaxa 3898(1): 1-198
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2016 | ARGENTINIFORMES | 06-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |