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Family Lepidogalaxiidae - Salamanderfishes
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  Class
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 1 | Species : 1 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : No | Marine : No
  Division
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Uncertain
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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This monotypic family is composed of the bizarre salamanderfish, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides, which is found only in the southwest corner of Western Australia in pools and streams on heathland peat flats between the Blackwood and Kent Rivers, a distance of about 180 km centered on the village of Northcliffe. This species has an elongate, slender, scaled body and a blunt head. The dorsal fin is tall and usually held erect with 5-7 dorsal rays. The pelvic fins are abdominal with elongate rays. The anal fin of males possesses modified rays and becomes noticably sexually dimorphic at 25 mm TL. The anal fin is covered with a scaly sheath. Females develop a genital papilla. The caudal fin is lanceolate. The phylogenetic relationships of this family are not certain. Recent studies have arrived at different conclusions. It does not neatly fit into a primary, secondary or peripheral division catagory. This situation may become clearer when we know its ancestry. It may turn out to be a very ancient lineage.
  Etymology
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Greek, lepis, -idos = scale + Greek, galaxias = milk, milky ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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bearers
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  Main Ref
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Lepidogalaxii | Lepidogalaxiiformes | Lepidogalaxiidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Lepidogalaxiidae as currently in FishBase

Important recommendation:

The list below must not be used as an authority reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually when they exist.

Rather, it reflects the current content of FishBase, and the progress with respect to synchronization with the Catalog of Fishes. However, we think it can be useful for users to assess the quality of information in FishBase, to start new work on the family, or to cross-check with other lists.

But we appreciate to be cited in publications when this list has been of any working value. In particular, for published scientific, we suggest then to cite it in the Material and Method section as a useful tool to conduct the research, but again, not as a taxonomic or nomenclatural authority reference.

Unless it is explicitly precised, the list is not complete, please search all original names published for the family in the Catalog of Fishes (genera, species), including those with uncertain or unknown status, that are not included in FishBase when they are not attached to a valid species.

This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
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