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Neochanna cleaveri (Scott, 1934)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Neochanna cleaveri (Scott, 1934)
Name authority
(Scott, 1934)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Galaxiiformes
Family
Galaxiidae
Genus
Neochanna
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderGalaxiiformes
  11. familyGalaxiidae Müller, 1845
  12. subfamilyGalaxiinae Müller, 1845
  13. genusNeochanna Günther, 1867
  14. speciesNeochanna cleaveri (Scott, 1934)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Neochanna. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Neochanna burrowsius (Phillipps, 1926)GalaxiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neochanna rekohua (Mitchell, 1995)GalaxiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neochanna apoda Günther, 1867GalaxiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neochanna diversus Stokell, 1949GalaxiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neochanna heleios Ling & Gleeson, 2001GalaxiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 53 records assigned to Galaxiidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Galaxias upcheri Scott, 1942 Scott, 1942synonym
Galaxias cleaveri Scott, 1934 Scott, 1934synonym
Saxilaga anguilliformis Scott, 1936 Scott, 1936synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281677 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:46CMY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.