The Northland mudfish (''Neochanna
heleios'', heleios meaning marsh dwelling, neochanna meaning compound word of neo for new and channa for anchovy
) is a
galaxiid of the genus ''
Neochanna'', found only in swampy locations west of the
Bay of Islands in
Northland,
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. Its length is up to 134 mm.
References
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NIWA June 2006 Royal Society of NZ
Northland mudfish
Endemic freshwater fish of New Zealand
Fish of the North Island
Northland mudfish
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