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Species that contain: Galaxias and maculatus [ 24 ] records

alpinus, Mesites Jenyns [L.] 1842:121 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Hardy Peninsula, Tierra del Fuego. Syntypes: BMNH 1905.4.18.1 (1), 1917.7.14.10 (1). •Valid as Mesites alpinus with wrong author -- (Pequeño 1989:29 [ref. 14125]). •Questionably valid as Galaxias alpinus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678]). •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:49 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

amaenus, Galaxias Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:178 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Yarra River, Victoria, Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500] as amoenus, Paxton et al. 1989:177 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

attenuatus, Mesites Jenyns [L.] 1842:121, Pl. 22 (fig. 5) [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Bay of Islands, New Zealand, in fresh water. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1917.7.14.11. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1970:378 [ref. 22863], McDowall 1971:49 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:526 [ref. 5500], Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:214 [ref. 25473], Paxton et al. 1989:176 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:237 [ref. 22532], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:404 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

coppingeri, Galaxias Günther [A.] 1881:21 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London v. 49, 1881 (pt 1) (art. 1) (for 4 Jan. 1881); ref. 2012] Alert Bay, Patagonia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1880.7.28.25. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1971:50 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:533 [ref. 5500], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:55 [ref. 22530], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:49 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cylindricus, Galaxias Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:177 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Lower Yarra River, Victoria, Australia. No types known. Misspelled cyllndricus on p. 241. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:177 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

delicatulus, Galaxias Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:178 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Yarra River, Victoria, Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:177 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

forsteri, Galaxias Kner [R.] 1867:320 [Reise der öesterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18426] Auckland, New Zealand. No types known. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gracillimus, Mesites Canestrini [G.] 1864:100, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 13926] Chile. No types known. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1971:49 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ignotus, Galaxias maculatus Stokell [G.] 1966:78 [Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania v. 100; ref. 19265] Lower Tamar River, Tasmania, Australia. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Paratypes: (sevaral) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:176 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

krefftii, Galaxias Günther [A.] 1866:211 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Sydney and Murray River, N. S.W., Australia. Syntypes: (at least 4) AMS I.7437 [ex BMNH 1864.7.6.35] (1) Sydney; BMNH 1861.3.25.3 (1) Murray R., 1864.7.6.32-34 (3) Sydney. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:176 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

maculatus, Mesites Jenyns [L.] 1842:119, Pl. 22 (figs. 4, 4a) [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Fresh water brook on Hardy Peninsula, Tierra del Fuego and Río Santa Cruz, Patagonia. Syntypes: (5, 4 from Santa Cruz) BMNH 1917.7.14.6 (1) Hardy Peninsula, BMNH 1917.7.14.7-9 (2 or 3) Santa Cruz. •Valid as Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1970:378 [ref. 22863], McDowall 1971:49 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:526 [ref. 5500], Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:64 [ref. 25473], Pequeño 1987:363 [ref. 12874], Paxton et al. 1989:176 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:29 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:89 [ref. 24556], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:55 [ref. 22530], Ruiz & Berra 1994:14 [ref. 21384], Gomon et al. 1994:237 [ref. 22532], McDowall & Fulton in McDowall 1996:67 [ref. 22909], López et al. 1996:17 [ref. 23681], Chilcott & Humphries 1996:145 [ref. 25528], Azpelicueta et al. 1996:158 [ref. 24722], Waters & White 1997:42 [ref. 25527], Berra & Barbour 1998:274 [ref. 23664], Morgan et al. 1998:30 [ref. 24611], Pequeño 1999:172 [ref. 24566], Johnson 1999:723 [ref. 25471], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:101 [ref. 25930], McDowall & Waters 2002:43 [ref. 26027], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:68 [ref. 27366], Cussac et al. 2004:108 [ref. 27813], Hammer & Walker 2004:88 [ref. 28129], Menni 2004:85 [ref. 28131], Paxton et al. 2006:404-405 [ref. 28995], Raadik 2008:219 [ref. 30624], Hammer et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32389], Raadik 2014:159 [ref. 33606], McDowall & Stewart 2015:398 [ref. 34241], Mirande & Koerber 2015:49 [ref. 35117], Adams et al. 2023:[C] [ref. 40384], Chiaramonte et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40423]). Current status: Valid as Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific, Oceania and, southern South America: Argentina, Australia, Chatham Islands, Chile, Falkland Islands, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

minutus, Galaxias Philippi [R. A.] 1858:309 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 24 (pt. 1); ref. 3463] Valdivia, Chile. Syntypes: ZMB 6010 (5). •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1971:49 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:55 [ref. 22530], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:49 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nebulosa, Galaxias Macleay [W.] 1881:234 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 6222] Long Bay near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.16260-001 [ex MAMU F83] (5). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:205 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:177 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

obtusus, Galaxias Klunzinger [C. B.] 1872:41 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 38 (pt. 1); ref. 2623] Yarra lagoon, Victoria, Australia. Lectotype: AMS I.309960-001 [ex I.19743-003 and SMNS 1599]. Paralectotypes: AMS I.19743-003 [ex SMNS 1599] (2) [may eventually be returned to SMNS]. Type catalog: Fricke 1992:10 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:38 [ref. 29864]. Lectotype selected by McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500]. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:177 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

parrishi, Galaxias Stokell [G.] 1964:47, Figured [Records of the Dominion Museum (Wellington) v. 5 (no. 6); ref. 3496] Lake Bullen Merri, Victoria, Australia. Holotype: NMV A242. Paratypes: NMNZ P.3961 (1). Type catalog: Dixon 1972:121 [ref. 19266], Hardy 1990:8 [ref. 18942]. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:214 [ref. 25473], Paxton et al. 1989:177 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:237 [ref. 22532], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pseudoscriba, Galaxias McCoy [F.] 1867:320 [19] [Intercolonial Exhibition of Australia, Melbourne, 1866-67.; ref. 17755] Yarra River, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): ?NMV A.9853 (old coll., no locality). On p. 19 and 320 of separate. Also appeared as new in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 3) v. 20:189. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:176 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

punctatus, Galaxias Günther [A.] 1866:212 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.7.22.49. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1971:50 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:176 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

punctulatus, Galaxias Philippi [R. A.] 1858:310 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 24 (pt. 1); ref. 3463] Valdivia, Chile. Syntypes: ZMB 6009. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:532 [ref. 5500], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:55 [ref. 22530], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:49 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

scriba, Galaxias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:347 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5217. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:3 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:176 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:237 [ref. 22532], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

titcombi, Galaxias Evermann [B. W.] & Kendall [W. C.] 1906:92, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1482); ref. 1282] Río Traful near Lake Traful, Argentina. Holotype: USNM 55571. Paratypes: USNM 53425 (1), 126098 [ex USFC 1439] (1). •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:533 [ref. 5500]). •Synonym of Galaxias platei Steindachner 1898 -- (McDowall 1971:38 [ref. 22864], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:49 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias platei Steindachner 1898. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

usitatus, Galaxias McDowall [R. M.] 1967:7, Fig. 6 [Breviora No. 265; ref. 7976] Lake Waiparera, North Auckland, New Zealand. Holotype: NMNZ P.5625. Paratypes: MCZ 45054 (4 or 5); NMNZ P.4500 (3); USNM 201223 (3). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:8 [ref. 18942]. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1970:431 [ref. 22863], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:533 [ref. 5500], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

variegatus, Galaxias Lahille [F.] 1923:173 [Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria de la Universidad de Buenos Aires v. 4; ref. 17486] Not an original description but a misidentification of Stomias variegatus Lesson 1830. •In the synonymy of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall 1971:50 [ref. 22864], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:533 [ref. 5500], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:49 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

versicolor, Galaxias Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:176 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Marsh near St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): No types known. •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:177 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:505 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

waterhousi, Galaxias Krefft [J. L. G.] 1868:943 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 3) (art 1); ref. 2686] Creeks in South Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.11384-88 (1 ea.). •Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842) -- (McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:531 [ref. 5500], Paxton et al. 1989:166 [ref. 12442], Berra in Reis et al. 2003:504 [ref. 27061], Paxton et al. 2006:405 [ref. 28995]). Current status: Synonym of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842). Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.


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