Northland mudfish

Northland mudfish
Type specimen from Te Papa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Neochanna
Species:
N. heleios
Binomial name
Neochanna heleios
Ling & Gleeson, 2001
Approximate known distribution (in orange) of the Northland mudfish on a map of the North Island

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.

References

  1. ^ "Neochanna heleios, Northland mudfish".


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