WoRMS taxon details
Galaxias brevipinnis Günther, 1866
280809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280809)
accepted
Species
Galaxias affinis Regan, 1906 · unaccepted
Galaxias atkinsoni Johnston, 1883 · unaccepted
Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902 · unaccepted
Galaxias campbelli Sauvage, 1880 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Galaxias campbellii Sauvage, 1880 · unaccepted
Galaxias castlae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Galaxias castleae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 · unaccepted
Galaxias coxii MacLeay, 1880 · unaccepted
Galaxias huttoni Regan, 1906 · unaccepted
Galaxias koaro Phillipps, 1940 · unaccepted
Galaxias lynx Hutton, 1896 · unaccepted
Galaxias nigothoruk Lucas, 1892 · unaccepted
Galaxias parkeri Scott, 1936 · unaccepted
Galaxias robinsonii Clarke, 1899 · unaccepted
Galaxias weedoni Johnston, 1883 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Galaxias brevipinnis Günther, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280809 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Galaxias atkinsoni Johnston, 1883) Johnston, R. M. (1883). General and critical observations on the fishes of Tasmania. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882.</em> : 51-144. [details]
original description (of Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902) Hutton, F. W. (1902). On a marine Galaxias from the Auckland Islands. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 34 (1901): 198-199. [details]
original description (of Galaxias campbellii Sauvage, 1880) Sauvage, H.-E. (1880). Notice sur quelques poissons de l'île Campbell et de l'Indo-Chine. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 4: 228-233. [Also as a separate, pp. 18-23]. [details]
original description (of Galaxias castleae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939) Whitley, G. P.; Phillipps, W. J. (1939). Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 69 (no. 2): 228-236, Pls. 21-22. [details]
original description (of Galaxias coxii MacLeay, 1880) Macleay, W. (1880). On two hitherto undescribed fishes well-known in the Sydney market. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5: 48-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15868 [details]
original description (of Galaxias koaro Phillipps, 1940) Phillipps, W. J. (1940). The fishes of New Zealand. <em>Thomas Avery and Sons Limited, New Plymouth, New Zealand.</em> 1: i-viii + 1-87. [details]
original description (of Galaxias lynx Hutton, 1896) Hutton, F. W. (1896). Notes on some New Zealand fishes, with description of a new species. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 28 (N.S. v. 11) [1895]: 314-318. [details]
original description (of Galaxias nigothoruk Lucas, 1892) Lucas, A. H. S. (1892). A new species of fresh-water fish from Lake Nigothoruk, Mount Wellington, Victoria. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n. s.).</em> v. 4 (pt 1) (art. 4): 27-28. [details]
original description (of Galaxias parkeri Scott, 1936) Scott, E. O. G. (1936). Observations on fishes of the family Galaxiidae. Part I. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1935: 85-112. [details]
original description (of Galaxias robinsonii Clarke, 1899) Clarke, F. E. (1899). Notes on New Zealand Galaxidae, more especially those of the western slopes; with descriptions of new species. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 31 (1898): 78-91, Pls. 4-5.
page(s): Pl. 5 (middle) [details]
original description (of Galaxias weedoni Johnston, 1883) Johnston, R. M. (1883). General and critical observations on the fishes of Tasmania. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882.</em> : 51-144. [details]
original description (of Galaxias atkinsoni Johnston, 1883) Johnston, R. M. (1883). General and critical observations on the fishes of Tasmania. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882.</em> : 51-144. [details]
original description (of Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902) Hutton, F. W. (1902). On a marine Galaxias from the Auckland Islands. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 34 (1901): 198-199. [details]
original description (of Galaxias campbellii Sauvage, 1880) Sauvage, H.-E. (1880). Notice sur quelques poissons de l'île Campbell et de l'Indo-Chine. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 4: 228-233. [Also as a separate, pp. 18-23]. [details]
original description (of Galaxias castleae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939) Whitley, G. P.; Phillipps, W. J. (1939). Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 69 (no. 2): 228-236, Pls. 21-22. [details]
original description (of Galaxias coxii MacLeay, 1880) Macleay, W. (1880). On two hitherto undescribed fishes well-known in the Sydney market. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5: 48-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15868 [details]
original description (of Galaxias koaro Phillipps, 1940) Phillipps, W. J. (1940). The fishes of New Zealand. <em>Thomas Avery and Sons Limited, New Plymouth, New Zealand.</em> 1: i-viii + 1-87. [details]
original description (of Galaxias lynx Hutton, 1896) Hutton, F. W. (1896). Notes on some New Zealand fishes, with description of a new species. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 28 (N.S. v. 11) [1895]: 314-318. [details]
original description (of Galaxias nigothoruk Lucas, 1892) Lucas, A. H. S. (1892). A new species of fresh-water fish from Lake Nigothoruk, Mount Wellington, Victoria. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n. s.).</em> v. 4 (pt 1) (art. 4): 27-28. [details]
original description (of Galaxias parkeri Scott, 1936) Scott, E. O. G. (1936). Observations on fishes of the family Galaxiidae. Part I. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1935: 85-112. [details]
original description (of Galaxias robinsonii Clarke, 1899) Clarke, F. E. (1899). Notes on New Zealand Galaxidae, more especially those of the western slopes; with descriptions of new species. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 31 (1898): 78-91, Pls. 4-5.
page(s): Pl. 5 (middle) [details]
original description (of Galaxias weedoni Johnston, 1883) Johnston, R. M. (1883). General and critical observations on the fishes of Tasmania. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882.</em> : 51-144. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galaxias atkinsoni Johnston, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galaxias castleae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galaxias castlae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Galaxias nigothoruk Lucas, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Galaxias coxii MacLeay, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galaxias parkeri Scott, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Galaxias robinsonii Clarke, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Galaxias koaro Phillipps, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Galaxias campbelli Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Galaxias huttoni Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Galaxias lynx Hutton, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Galaxias weedoni Johnston, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Galaxias affinis Regan, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galaxias brevipinnis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias affinis Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias atkinsoni Johnston, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias campbellii Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias castleae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias nigothoruk Lucas, 1892)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias parkeri Scott, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias weedoni Johnston, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias robinsonii Clarke, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias koaro Phillipps, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias lynx Hutton, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias huttoni Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias coxii MacLeay, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias campbelli Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias castlae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To GenBank (344 nucleotides; 203 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3126254) (from synonym Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galaxias atkinsoni Johnston, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galaxias castleae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Galaxias castlae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Galaxias nigothoruk Lucas, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Galaxias coxii MacLeay, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galaxias parkeri Scott, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Galaxias robinsonii Clarke, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Galaxias koaro Phillipps, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Galaxias campbelli Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Galaxias huttoni Regan, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Galaxias lynx Hutton, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Galaxias weedoni Johnston, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Galaxias affinis Regan, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galaxias brevipinnis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias affinis Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias atkinsoni Johnston, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias campbellii Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias castleae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias nigothoruk Lucas, 1892)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias parkeri Scott, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias weedoni Johnston, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias robinsonii Clarke, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias koaro Phillipps, 1940)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias lynx Hutton, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias huttoni Regan, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias coxii MacLeay, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias campbelli Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Galaxias castlae Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To GenBank (344 nucleotides; 203 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3126254) (from synonym Galaxias bollansi Hutton, 1902)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
