truttaceus, Galaxias Valenciennes [A.] (ex Cuvier) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:344, Pl. 543 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Tasmania, Australia. Syntypes: MNHN A-5211 to 5212 (2) A-5213 (1); SMF 698 [ex MNHN] (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:3 [ref. 19576]. See also Esox truttaceus Cuvier 1816. •Valid as Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Fulton 1978:114 [ref. 8932], McDowall & Frankenberg 1981:501 [ref. 5500], Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:72 [ref. 25473], Paxton et al. 1989:178 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:238 [ref. 22532], McDowall & Fulton in McDowall 1996:60 [ref. 22909], Chilcott & Humphries 1996:145 [ref. 25528], Waters & White 1997:42 [ref. 25527], Morgan et al. 1998:26 [ref. 24611], Hutchins 2001:18 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:108 [ref. 25930], Hammer & Walker 2004:88, 90 [ref. 28129], Paxton et al. 2006:407 [ref. 28995], Raadik 2008:220 [ref. 30624], Hammer et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32389], Raadik 2014:160 [ref. 33606], Shoesmith et al. 2020:1509 [ref. 37292], Adams et al. 2023:[C] [ref. 40384]). Current status: Valid as Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes 1846. Galaxiidae: Galaxiinae. Distribution: Australia: Denmark and Albany areas (Western Australia); Eight Mile Creek (South Australia) east to Mallacootta (Victoria); Tasmania. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.