Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Galaxiidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Osmeriformes Subfamily Galaxiinae | |
Galaxias papilionis is an extinct species of bony fish in the genus Galaxias. It existed in what is now New Zealand in the early Miocene period. It was described by Werner Schwarzhans, R. Paul Scofield, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy and Trevor H. Worthy in 2012.
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