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v. 2.0 – 10 Nov. 2018  view/download PDF                                                                               

Family LEPIDOGALAXIIDAE Salamanderfish

Lepidogalaxias Mees 1961    lepido– scale, i.e., a scaled galaxiid, referring to its rudimentary scales, unique in the family Galaxiidae, in which it was classified at the time

Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees 1961    –oides, having the form of: salamander, referring to the “striking superficial similarity [it] has to some smaller newts”