Northland mudfish

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The Northland mudfish (Neochanna heleios, heleios meaning marsh dwelling, neochanna meaning compound word of neo for new and channa for anchovy[1]) is a galaxiid of the genus Neochanna, found only in swampy locations west of the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. Its length is up to 134 mm.

Northland mudfish
Type specimen from Te Papa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Neochanna
Species:
N. heleios
Binomial name
Neochanna heleios
Ling & Gleeson, 2001

References

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  1. ^ "Neochanna heleios, Northland mudfish".