argenteus, Esox Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1393 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Lectotype: whereabouts unknown. Lectotype defined by Kottelat 2013:36 [ref. 32989] as the specimen published in Lichtenstein 1844:143. •Valid as Galaxias argenteus (Gmelin 1789) -- (McDowall 1970:352 [ref. 22863], Paulin et al. 1989:89 [ref. 24556], McDowall & Waters 2002:43 [ref. 26027], McDowall & Waters 2003:685 [ref. 27143], Kottelat 2013:36 [ref. 32989], Raadik 2014:159 [ref. 33606], McDowall & Stewart 2015:388 [ref. 34241]). Current status: Valid as Galaxias argenteus (Gmelin 1789). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Distribution: New Zealand. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.