Biology:Northland mudfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Northland mudfish | |
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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 Ling & Gleeson, 2001
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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.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Neochanna heleios" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- NIWA June 2006
- Royal Society of NZ
Wikidata ☰ Q44491 entry
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