Species Galaxias gunaikurnai Raadik, 2014

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• Galaxias gunaikurnai 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 [63, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV A 30573-002 female, Shaw Creek, at walking track off Howitt Road at the Gorge, Bennison High Plains, Alpine National Park, Victoria [37°23'39”S, 146°44'51”E].
  Paratype(s) NMV A 30573-001 (3), collected with Holotype; AM I.44915-001, collected with Holotype.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Galaxias sp. 14. —
  Kuiter, R.H. 2013. Pictorial Guide to Victoria's Freshwater Fishes. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics 178 pp. [72]
• 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 [469] (in part)
  Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [69] (in part)
• Galaxias olidus olidus Günther, 1866. —
  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. [170] (in part)

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Headwaters of Shaw Creek (37°23'S 146°44'E), a tributary of the Caledonia River (Macalister River catchment), Gippsland, VIC; temperate

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

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 "SH")

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 [as taxon "shaw"]

 

Common Name References

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 [63] (Shaw Galaxias)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	PROTACANTHOPTERYGII	17-May-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
	ARGENTINIFORMES	12-Feb-2015	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)