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Galaxias vulgaris Stokell, 1949

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Stokell, G. (1949). The systematic arrangement of the New Zealand Galaxiidae. Pt. II. Specific classification. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 77: 472-496, Pls. 52-57.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osmeriformes
family
Galaxiidae
genus
Galaxias
species
Galaxias vulgaris

Name

Homonyms
Galaxias vulgaris Stokell, 1949
Common names
Cantebury galaxias in English
Cantebury galaxias in English
Canterbury Galaxias in English
Common river galaxias in English
Common river galaxias in English
Harilik galaks in Estonian
Kokopu-vulgar in Portuguese
River kokopu in English
galaxie obecná in Czech
Обыкновенная речная галаксия in Russian
河溪南乳魚 in Chinese
Canterbury Galaxias in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. McDowall, Robert M., 1970: The galaxiid fishes of New Zealand. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 139, no. 7. 341-431.
  4. McDowall, Robert M., 2010: null. New Zealand Freshwater Fishes: an Historical and Ecological Biogeography. xxi + 449.
  5. McDowall, Robert M., and Graham P. Wallis, 1996: Description and redescription of Galaxias species (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) from Otago and Southland. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, vol. 26, no. 3. 401-427.
  6. McDowall, Robert M., and William Lindsay Chadderton, 1999: Galaxias gollumoides (Teleostei: Galaxiidae), a new fish species from Stewart Island, with notes on other non-migratory freshwater fishes present on the island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, vol. 29, no. 1. 77-88.
  7. Stokell, G. (1949). The systematic arrangement of the New Zealand Galaxiidae. Pt. II. Specific classification. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 77: 472-496, Pls. 52-57.
  8. Stokell, G., 1949: The systematic arrangement of the New Zealand Galaxiidae. Pt. II. Specific classification. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, vol. 77. 472-496.
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