Galaxiella toourtkoourt

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galaxioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Stomiati Ordo: Osmeriformes Superfamilia: Galaxioidea

Familia: Galaxiidae
Subfamilia: Galaxiinae
Genus: Galaxiella
Species: Galaxiella toourtkoourt

Name

Galaxiella toourtkoourt Coleman & Raadik, 2015: 261

• Holotype: NMV A.31214-001
• Paratypes: NMV A.31214-002 (1), A.31218-001 (20), A.31217-001 (2), A.31211-001 (16), A.31215-001 (20), A.31212-001 (1), A.31216-001 (20), A.31214-003 (18), A31213-001 (20); AMS I.46500-001 (2); SAMA F. 14533 (1), F. 14534 (1).
• Type locality: Surrey River, Wrights Swamp Road, Cobboboonee, Victoria, 38° 8' 48"S 141° 24' 55"E.
• Etymology: Pronounced “Too-urt Koo-urt” (or Tu-urt Ku-urt), from the Australian indigenous language groups Tjapwurrung, Korn Kopan noot, and Peekwurrung, meaning ‘little fish in freshwater’.

References

Primary references

• Coleman, R.A., Hoffmann, A.A. & Raadik, T.A. 2015. A review of Galaxiella pusilla (Mack) (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) in south-eastern Australia with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 4021(2): 243–281. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Little Galaxias

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