Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Western galaxias, Western Jollytail, Western minnow
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
西方南乳魚, 西方南乳鱼
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
)
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
)
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
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)
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
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)
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
)
- Order:
Salmoniformes
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)
- Suborder:
Galaxioidei
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)
- Family:
Galaxiidae
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)
- Subfamily:
Galaxiinae
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)
- Genus:
Galaxias
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)
- Cuvier, 1816
- Specific name:
occidentalis
- Ogilby, 1899
- Scientific name: - Galaxias occidentalis Ogilby, 1899
- Specific name:
occidentalis
- Ogilby, 1899
- Genus:
Galaxias
(
- Subfamily:
Galaxiinae
(
- Family:
Galaxiidae
(
- Suborder:
Galaxioidei
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 21-Apr-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Galaxias
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. argenteus (Giant Kokopu) · G. auratus (Spotted Mountain Trout) · G. brevipinnis (Cox's Mountain Galaxias) · G. platei (Shannon Paragalaxias) · G. divergens (Dwarf Galaxias) · G. fasciatus (Banded Kokopu) · G. fontanus (Swan Galaxias) · G. fuscus (Barred Galaxias) · G. globiceps (Galaxias) · G. gracilis (Dwarf Inanga) · G. johnstoni (Clarence Galaxias) · G. macronasus (Bignose Galaxias) · G. maculatus (Common Jollytail) · G. niger (Black Galaxias) · G. occidentalis (Western Jollytail) · G. olidus (Marbled Galaxias) · G. parvus (Small Pedder Galaxias) · G. paucispondylus (Alpine Galaxias) · G. pedderensis (Pedder Galaxias) · G. postvectis (Shortjawed Kokopu) · G. prognathus (Upland Longjaw Galaxias) · G. punctifer (Eastern Little Galaxias) · G. rekohua (Chatham Mudfish) · G. rostratus (Flatheaded Jollytail) · G. tanycephalus (Spotted Mountain Trout) · G. titcombi (Black-Striped Minnow) · G. truttaceus (Ocellated Mountain Trout) · G. vulgaris (Common River Galaxias) · G. zebratus (Cape Galaxias)
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 154, p. 35.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 39.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 450.
Notes
Contributors
- Berra, Tim M. (from FishBase).
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 127240
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-52132
- Fishbase Species ID: 22570
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 623457
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 110911
Footnotes
- McDowall, R.M. and R.S. Frankenberg (1981). The galaxiid fishes of Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 33:443-604. [back]
