Lepidogalaxias

Lepidogalaxias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepidogalaxiiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Lepidogalaxii Ordo: Lepidogalaxiiformes

Familia: Lepidogalaxiidae
Genus: Lepidogalaxias
Species: L. salamandroides

Name

Lepidogalaxias Mees, 1961

Type species: Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees, 1961, by original designation (also monotypic).

References

• Mees, G.F. 1961. Description of a new fish of the family Galaxiidae from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia v. 44 (pt 2) (art. 4): 33-38, Pls. 1-2.
• McDowall, R.M. & Pusey, B.J. 1983. Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees -- a redescription, with natural history notes. Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 11 (pt 1): 11-23.
• Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. (eds) 2016. Fishes of the World, 5th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N. J. v–xli + 1–707. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Reference page.  [pp. 242-243]

Links

• Lepidogalaxias and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on December 22, 2025.