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WoRMS taxon details

Galaxiidae Müller, 1845

AphiaID

154215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154215)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Galaxiiformes

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Subfamily Aplochitoninae Günther, 1864
1. Genus Aplochiton Jenyns, 1842
2. Genus Lovettia McCulloch, 1915
3. Genus Farionella Valenciennes, 1850 accepted as Aplochiton Jenyns, 1842
4. Genus Haplochiton Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Aplochiton Jenyns, 1842
Subfamily Galaxiinae Müller, 1845
1. Genus Galaxias Cuvier, 1816
2. Genus Galaxiella McDowall, 1978
3. Genus Neochanna Günther, 1867
4. Genus Agalaxis Scott, 1936 accepted as Galaxias Cuvier, 1816
5. Genus Mesites Jenyns, 1842 accepted as Galaxias Cuvier, 1816
6. Genus Saxilaga Scott, 1936 accepted as Galaxias Cuvier, 1816

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Galaxiidae Müller, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154215 on 2024-11-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-06-30 07:58:27Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]