New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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COMMENTS ON A NEW TAXONOMY OF RETROPINNA (GALAXIOIDEI: RETROPINNIDAE)

R. M. McDowall

Fisheries Research Division, Marine Department, Wellington

Abstract A recenit taxonomy of Retropinna (Woods 1968: N~.Z. Jl mar. Freshwat. Res. 2: 398^25) is based on the conclusion that variation in four taxonomic characters is related largely to environmental factors. Thus Woods treated all existing New Zealand species in the Retropinna retropinna complex as synonyms of R. retropinna (Richardson). Analysis of Woods' data casts some doubt on the validity of this argument.

N.Z. 11 mar. Freshwat. Res. 4 (3): 312-24
Received for publication 11 December 1969

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