Species Galaxias fuscus Mack, 1936

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• Galaxias fuscus Mack, G. 1936. Victorian species of the genus Galaxias with descriptions of two new species. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 9: 98-101 figs 1-2 [100, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV A 96 (Holotype dried out (Raadik 2014)), Rubicon River, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV A 99, collected with Holotype.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866 [a misidentification]. —
  McDowall, R.M. & Frankenberg, R.S. 1981. The galaxiid fishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 33(10): 443-605 figs 1-47 [81]
  Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [178]
  Paxton, J.R., Allen, G.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Galaxiidae. pp. 402-411 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [406]
• Galaxias olidus fuscus Mack, 1936 [as subspecies]. —
  Frankenberg, R. 1969. Studies on the evolution of galaxiid fishes with particular reference to the Australian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 185 pp. [171]

 

Introduction

Widely considered a junior synonym of G. olidus (e.g. McDowall & Frankenburg 1981), but treated as valid by Raadik (2014).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Streams in the upper reaches of the Goulburn River system on the Murray–Darling Basin side of the Great Dividing Range, eastern VIC, from upper Delatite River (37°08'S, 146°32'E) westward to Mt Disappointment area (37°24'S 145°09'E); temperate

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Adams, M., Raadik, T.A., Burridge, C.P. & Georges, A. 2014. Global biodiversity assessment and hyper-cryptic species complexes: more than one species of elephant in the room. Systematic Biology 63(4): 518–533 [521] (as taxon "FU")

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [99]

Armstrong, N. 1993. Re-discovering Galaxias fuscus. Fishes of Sahul, Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association 7(4): 328-329

Kuiter, R.H. 2013. Pictorial Guide to Victoria's Freshwater Fishes. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics 178 pp. [46]

Kuiter, RH. 2003. More on Galaxias fuscus. Fishes of Sahul, Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association 17(3&4): 976-977

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs. [93] (image)

Lintermans, M. 2007. Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin — An Introductory Guide. Canberra : Murray-Darling Basin Commission Vol. MDBC Publication Number 10/07 157 pp. [40]

McDowall, R.M. & Frankenberg, R.S. 1981. The galaxiid fishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 33(10): 443-605 figs 1-47 [472] (as G. olidus)

Raadik, T.A. 2006. Chapter 13. Freshwater fishes. pp. 133-148 in Museum Victoria and CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne's Wildlife. A Field Guide to the Fauna of Greater Melbourne. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 348 pp. [138]

Raadik, T.A. 2011. Systematic revision of the Mountain Galaxias, Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866 species complex (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) in eastern Australia. Ph.D thesis, University of Canberra. pp. i-xxiii, 1-493 [205]

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 [53]

Raadik, T.A., Fairbrother, P.S. & Smith, S.J. 2010. National Recovery Plan for the Barred Galaxias Galaxias fuscus. Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne. 21 pp.

Raadik, T.A., Saddlier, S.R. & Koehn, J.D. 1996. Threatened fishes of the world: Galaxias fuscus Mack, 1936 (Galaxiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 47: 108

Shirley, M.J. & Raadik, T.A. 1997. Apects of the ecology and breeding biology of Galaxias fuscus Mack, in the Goulburn River system, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 109(2): 157-166

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1060]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [99] (Barred Galaxias)

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 [53] (Barred Galaxias)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Barred Galaxias)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	19-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
	ARGENTINIFORMES	24-Feb-2014	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)