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Lepidogalaxias Mees 1961 lepídos (Gr. λεπίδος), genitive of lepίs (λεπίς), 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, Neo-Latin from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: salamándra (Gr. σαλαμάνδρα), a salamander, referring to the “striking superficial similarity the species has to some smaller newts”