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Galaxias  Cuvier, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162128

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Saxilaga Scott, 1936
  
    Nesogalaxias Whitley, 1935
  
  Common Name(s): galaxiids [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderProtacanthopterygii   
                            OrderOsmeriformes  – argentines, éperlans, argentines, smelts  
                               SuborderOsmeroidei   
                                  SuperfamilyGalaxioidea   
                                     FamilyGalaxiidae   
                                        SubfamilyGalaxiinae   
                                           GenusGalaxias Cuvier, 1816 – galaxiids  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Galaxias anomalus Stokell, 1959  
                                              Species Galaxias argenteus (Gmelin, 1789)  
                                              Species Galaxias auratus Johnston, 1883  
                                              Species Galaxias brevipinnis Günther, 1866  
                                              Species Galaxias cobitinis McDowall and Waters, 2002  
                                              Species Galaxias depressiceps McDowall and Wallis, 1996  
                                              Species Galaxias divergens Stokell, 1959  
                                              Species Galaxias eldoni McDowall, 1997  
                                              Species Galaxias fasciatus Gray, 1842  
                                              Species Galaxias fontanus Fulton, 1978  
                                              Species Galaxias fuscus Mack, 1936  
                                              Species Galaxias globiceps Eigenmann, 1928  
                                              Species Galaxias gollumoides McDowall and Chadderton, 1999  
                                              Species Galaxias gracilis McDowall, 1967  
                                              Species Galaxias johnstoni Scott, 1936  
                                              Species Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) – inanga 
                                              Species Galaxias neocaledonicus Weber and de Beaufort, 1913  
                                              Species Galaxias niger Andrews, 1985  
                                              Species Galaxias occidentalis Ogilby, 1899  
                                              Species Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866  
                                              Species Galaxias parvus Frankenberg, 1968  
                                              Species Galaxias paucispondylus Stokell, 1938  
                                              Species Galaxias pedderensis Frankenberg, 1968  
                                              Species Galaxias platei Steindachner, 1898  
                                              Species Galaxias postvectis Clarke, 1899  
                                              Species Galaxias prognathus Stokell, 1940  
                                              Species Galaxias pullus McDowall, 1997  
                                              Species Galaxias rekohua Mitchell, 1995  
                                              Species Galaxias rostratus Klunzinger, 1872  
                                              Species Galaxias tanycephalus Fulton, 1978  
                                              Species Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846  
                                              Species Galaxias vulgaris Stokell, 1949  
                                              Species Galaxias zebratus (Castelnau, 1861)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Galaxias   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Galaxias   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Galaxias   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xv + 523   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-86475-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Galaxias, galaxiids [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Galaxias   
       

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