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 | |
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| Type specimen from Te Papa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Galaxiiformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Genus: | Neochanna |
| Species: | N. heleios
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| Binomial name | |
| Neochanna heleios | |
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neochanna heleios". FishBase. March 2006 version.
- NIWA June 2006
- Royal Society of NZ
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