| Northland mudfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
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
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Neochanna heleios" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- NIWA June 2006
- Royal Society of NZ
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