Galaxiella McDowall [R. M.] 1978:116 Fem. Galaxias pusillus Mack 1936. Type by original designation. See Waters et al. 2000:791 [ref. 25437]. •Valid as Galaxiella McDowall 1978 -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:552 [ref. 5500], McDowall 1984:150 [ref. 11850], Paxton et al. 1989:179 [ref. 12442], Berra & Allen 1989 [ref. 13529], McDowall 2001:397 [ref. 25906], McDowall & Waters 2004:23 [ref. 27744], Paxton et al. 2006:408 [ref. 28995], Galeotti et al. 2010:13 [ref. 31603], Raadix 2014:22 [ref. 33606], Coleman et al. 2015:243, 260 [ref. 33969]). Current status: Valid as Galaxiella McDowall 1978. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.