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Species in the genus Galeichthys: [ 8 ] records

ater, Galeichthys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:62 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Indian Ocean at Tsitsikamma Coastal Marine Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa [Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa]. Neotype: RUSI 63803. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155]. Neotype selected by Kulongowski 2010:11-12 [ref. 30940]; two syntypes lost. •Valid as Arius ater (Castelnau 1861) -- (Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Galeichthys ater Castelnau 1861 -- (Taylor 1986:157 [ref. 6195], Taylor 1986:212 [ref. 6282], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:113 [ref. 28072], Kailola 2004:136 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:62 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155], Acero-P. and Betancur-R. 2007:139 [ref. 29200], Kulongowski 2010:11 [ref. 30940], Acero P. & Betancur-R. 2016:1749 [ref. 34564], Kailola 2022:192 [ref. 39697], Marceniuk et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Galeichthys ater Castelnau 1861. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Walvis Bay (Namibia) south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to southern KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.

capensis, Galeichthys Smith [A.] 1840:no pagination, Pl. 8 [Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa v. 4; ref. 4035] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Holotype: BMNH 1857.6.13.147 (dry). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Taylor 1986:158 [ref. 6195], Taylor 1990:234 [ref. 14194], Kailola 2004:136 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:63 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155], Kulongowski 2010:13 [ref. 30940], Kailola 2022:192 [ref. 39697]). Current status: Synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Habitat: marine.

feliceps, Galeichthys Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:29, Pl. 424 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Vicinity of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN A-9361 to A-9365 (1 ea. = 5, mounted). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:9 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155] •Valid as Arius feliceps (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Taylor 1986:157 [ref. 6195], Taylor 1990:233 [ref. 14194], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:138 [ref. 25472], Santos et al. 1997:122 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:40 [ref. 24952], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:112 [ref. 28072], Kailola 2004:136 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:63 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155], Acero-P. and Betancur-R. 2007:139 [ref. 29200], Kulongowski 2010:13 [ref. 30940], Acero P. & Betancur-R. 2016:1750 [ref. 34564], Fricke et al. 2018:61 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:82 [ref. 37250], Russell & van Oijen 2021:435 [ref. 38177], Kailola 2022:192 [ref. 39697], Marceniuk et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Walvis Bay (Namibia) south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to Transkei (South Africa); southern Madagascar. Habitat: brackish, marine.

fossor, Pimelodes Lichtenstein [M. H. C.] 1823:112 [Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin, nebst Beschreibung...; ref. 17525] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:431 [ref. 29155]. Kulongowski 2010:13 [ref. 30940] suggests that 5 syntypes were chosed by Bleeker, but the code does not permit such selection' no types are known. •Questionably a synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Kailola 2004:136 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:63 [ref. 29031]). •Species inquirenda in Siluriformes -- (Ferraris 2007:431 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840 or Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840-- (Kulongowski 2010:13 [ref. 30940], Kailola 2022:192 [ref. 39697]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Galeichthys Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1916:60, Fig. [Marine Biological Report South Africa 1914-1918 (pt 3) (art. 5); ref. 5602] Zwartkops River, Algoa Bay, South Africa. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [RUSI] 60956 [ex PEM]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Taylor 1986:158 [ref. 6195], Taylor 1990:234 [ref. 14194], Kailola 2004:136 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:63 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155], Kulongowski 2010:13 [ref. 30940], Kailola 2022:192 [ref. 39697]). Current status: Synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

peronii, Pimelodus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:161 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1207. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:13 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155] •Synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840 -- (Kailola 2004:136 [ref. 28108], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155], Kulongowski 2010:13 [ref. 30940], Kailola 2022:192 [ref. 39697]). Current status: Synonym of Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes 1840. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Habitat: marine.

peruvianus, Galeichthys Lütken [C. F.] 1874:205 [16] [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1874 (nos 12-16); ref. 17564] Callao, Peru. Syntypes: ZMUC 150 (1) and 490 (1) [now ZMUC 29628-69]. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:50 [ref. 9588], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155]. On p. 16 of separate. •Valid as Galeichthys peruvianus Lütken 1874 -- (Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Kailola & Bussing in Fischer et al. 1995:884 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:160 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:145 [ref. 24550], Marceniuk & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:450 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:83 [ref. 27807], Kailola 2004:136 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:63 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155], Acero-P. and Betancur-R. 2007:139 [ref. 29200], Kulongowski 2010:13 [ref. 30940], Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:398 [ref. 34894], Marceniuk et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Galeichthys peruvianus Lütken 1874. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Distribution: Pacific coast of northern South America: Ecuador to Peru. Habitat: marine.

trowi, Galeichthys Kulongowski [C.] 2010:14, Figs. 4, 5 6G, 7 [Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 12; ref. 30940] Coffee Bay, 31°59'14"S, 29°09'14"E, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean, depth 31 meters Holotype: SAIAB 60957. Paratypes: AMNH, AMS, BMNH 2010.4.19.347 (1), CAS, MZUSP, SAIAB, USNM. Plus additional non-type material. The species epithet was based on Eugene Trow Jr. and his father Eugene Trow Sr., the correct species epithet would be troworum according to ICZN Art. 31.1.2-3. •Valid as Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski 2010 -- (Kailola 2022:193 [ref. 39697], Marceniuk et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski 2010. Ariidae: Galeichthyinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.