brevipinnis, Galaxias Günther [A.] 1866:213 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] New Zealand. Syntypes: (at least 4) BMNH 1853.2.14.5-7 (3) New Zealand; other possible types at BMNH. •Valid as Galaxias brevipinnis Günther 1866 -- (McDowall 1970:363 [ref. 22863], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:456 [ref. 5500], Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:70 [ref. 25473], Paxton et al. 1989:175 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:88 [ref. 24556], Gomon et al. 1994:235 [ref. 22532], McDowall & Fulton in McDowall 1996:53 [ref. 22909], Chilcott & Humphries 1996:145 [ref. 25528], Waters & White 1997:42 [ref. 25527], Allen et al. 2002:96 [ref. 25930], McDowall & Waters 2002:43 [ref. 26027], McDowall & Waters 2003:685 [ref. 27143], Hammer & Walker 2004:88 [ref. 28129], Paxton et al. 2006:404 [ref. 28995], Raadik 2008:218 [ref. 30624], Hammer et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32389], McDowall & Stewart 2015:389 [ref. 34241], Adams et al. 2023:[C] [ref. 40384], Jense et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41528]). Current status: Valid as Galaxias brevipinnis Günther 1866. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Distribution: Australia, New Zealand, including Chatham, Auckland and Campbell islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.