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Genera that contain: Galaxias [ 9 ] records

Agalaxis (subgenus of Galaxias) Scott [E. O. G.] 1936:105 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935; ref. 3994] Masc. Cobitis zebrata Castelnau 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name is an anagram of Galaxias and regarded as masculine. •Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816 -- (McDowall 1984:126 [ref. 6178], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Raadik 2014:22 [ref. 33606]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.

Austrocobitis Ogilby [J. D.] 1899:158 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 24 (pt 1); ref. 3279] Fem. Mesites attenuatus Jenyns 1842. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Mesites Jenyns 1842, preoccupied by Mesites Schoenherr 1838 in Coleoptera. •Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816 -- (McDowall 1970:352 [ref. 22863], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:455 [ref. 5500], McDowall 1984:126 [ref. 6178], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Raadik 2013:22 [ref. 33606]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.

Brachygalaxias Eigenmann [C. H.] 1928:49 [Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 1245] Masc. Galaxias bullocki Regan 1908. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Brachygalaxias Eigenmann 1928 -- (McDowall 1971:60 [ref. 22864], McDowall 1984:153 [ref. 11850], Berra et al. 1995 [ref. 21884], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Waters et al. 2000:791 [ref. 25437], McDowall 2001:397 [ref. 25906], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], McDowall & Waters 2004:23 [ref. 27744]). Current status: Valid as Brachygalaxias Eigenmann 1928. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.

Galaxias Cuvier [G.] 1816:183 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Masc. Esox truttaceus Cuvier 1816. Type by monotypy. Cuvier's species truttaceus essentially as name only in footnote, but tied to description in text and perhaps available; else type is G. fasciatus Gray 1842 by subsequent monotypy. •Valid as Galaxias Cuvier 1816 -- (McDowall 1970:352 [ref. 22863], McDowall 1971:37 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:455 [ref. 5500], McDowall 1984:151 [ref. 11850], McDowall 1984:126 [ref. 6178], Paxton et al. 1989:175 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:234 [ref. 22532], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Waters et al. 2001:287 [ref. 25389], McDowall 2001:397 [ref. 25906], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:403 [ref. 28995], Raadik 2008:217 [ref. 30624], Raadik 2014:22 [ref. 33606], McDowall & Stewart 2015:387 [ref. 34241], Campbell et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39547]). Current status: Valid as Galaxias Cuvier 1816. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.

Galaxiella McDowall [R. M.] 1978:116 [Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 2951] 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.

Leporacanthicus Isbrücker [I. J. H.] & Nijssen [H.] 1989:544 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 42 (no. 9); ref. 13622] Masc. Leporacanthicus galaxias Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989. Type by original designation. •Valid as Leporacanthicus Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989 -- (Isbrücker et al. 1992 [ref. 20677], Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Armbruster 2002:87 [ref. 25891], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:388 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 59 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:265 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Leporacanthicus Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989. Loricariidae: Hypostominae.

Lixagasa (subgenus of Saxilaga) Scott [E. O. G.] 1936:110 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935; ref. 3994] Masc. Galaxias burrowsius Phillipps 1926. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Name an anagram of Galaxias and apparently treated as masculine by Scott. •Synonym of Neochanna Günther 1867. Current status: Synonym of Neochanna Günther 1867. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.

Mesites Jenyns [L.] 1842:118 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Masc. Mesites attenuatus Jenyns 1842. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:212 [ref. 2410]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Mesites Schoenherr 1838 in Coleoptera, replaced by Austrocobitis Ogilby 1899. •Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816 -- (McDowall 1970:352 [ref. 22863], McDowall 1971:37 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:455 [ref. 5500], McDowall 1984:126 [ref. 6178], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Raadik 2014:22 [ref. 33606]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.

Saxilaga Scott [E. O. G.] 1936:105 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935; ref. 3994] Fem. Galaxias cleaveri Scott 1934. Type by original designation. Also described as a new subgenus in same work. •Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816 -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:455 [ref. 5500], McDowall 1984:126 [ref. 6178], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias Cuvier 1816. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae.


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