Species Paragalaxias dissimilis (Regan, 1906)

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• Galaxias dissimilis Regan, C.T. 1906. A revision of the fishes of the family Galaxiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905(2, 2): 363-384 figs 10-13 [383].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1905.7.29.1 (ex QVM; figured in Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Record of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60–112 figs 1–4 pls 11–15 [pl. 12(2)]), 'NSW', probably erroneous.

  Type locality references:

  McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1978. A revision of the genus Paragalaxias Scott (Salmoniformes : Galaxiidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(1): 93-108 figs 1-9.
• Paragalaxias shannonensis Scott, E.O.G. 1935. On a new genus of fishes of the family Galaxiidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1934: 41-46 figs 1-2 pl. 3 [41, pl. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM 1993.5.5 (formerly QVM HT.939a), Shannon River below the road bridge over the Shannon, between the Great Lake hydro-electric dam at Miena and the Shannon Lagoon, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM IA.6439, collected at type locality; BMNH 1935.10.19.2, collected at type locality; NMV A413, collected with Holotype; QVM 1993.5.10 (formerly P.T.939b), collected with Holotype; TMAG D1 (2), collected at type locality; TMAG D996, collected at type locality.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1978. A revision of the genus Paragalaxias Scott (Salmoniformes : Galaxiidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(1): 93-108 figs 1-9 [95]

 

Generic Combinations

• Paragalaxias dissimilis (Regan, 1906). —
  Stokell, G. 1950. A revision of the genus Paragalaxias. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 3(1): 1-4 [3] (changed combination)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Central plateau region of Tasmania, from Great Lake (41º48´S), Shannon Lagoon and Shannon River to Penstock Lagoon (42º08´S), TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [44]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [112]

Fulton, W. 1982. Observation on the ecology of four species of the genus Paragalaxias (Pisces:Galaxiidae) from Tasmania. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(999-1016.)

Fulton, W. 1990. Tasmanian freshwater fishes. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 7 Hobart : University of Tasmania, Fauna of Tasmania Committee, in association with the Inland Fisheries Commission of Tasmania 80 pp. [40]

Green, R. 1974. A catalogue of the type material in the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 52: 1-15 [3]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [49] (as Galaxias dissimilis)

McDowall, R.M. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological divergence in sympatric and allopatric species of Paragalaxias (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) in high elevation Tasmanian lakes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 53: 235-257 [235]

McDowall, R.M. 2006. Crying wolf, crying foul, or crying shame: alien salmonids and a biodiversity crisis in the southern cool-temperate galaxioid fishes? Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 16: 233-422 [352]

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1978. A further new species of Paragalaxias Scott (Salmoniformes : Galaxiidae), from Tasmania with a revised key to the species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(5): 659-665 figs 1-4 [661]

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1978. A revision of the genus Paragalaxias Scott (Salmoniformes : Galaxiidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(1): 93-108 figs 1-9 [95]

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1996. Chapter 10. Family Galaxiidae — galaxiids. pp. 52-77 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [72]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [101]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [33] (229 and 228, as Paragalaxias shannonensis)

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. [410]

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 [160]

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

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (263)

 

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. [112] (Shannon Paragalaxias)

Fulton, W. 1990. Tasmanian freshwater fishes. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 7 Hobart : University of Tasmania, Fauna of Tasmania Committee, in association with the Inland Fisheries Commission of Tasmania 80 pp. [41] (Shannon Paragalaxias)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [202] (Shannon Paragalaxias)

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1996. Chapter 10. Family Galaxiidae — galaxiids. pp. 52-77 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [72] (Shannon Paragalaxias)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [101] (Shannon Paragalaxias, Shannon Galaxias)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [33] (Dissimilar Jollytail, Shannon Jollytail)

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

Whitley, G.P. 1956. List of native freshwater fishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1954-55: 39-47 [39] (Eel-gudgeon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	06-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED