Neochanna
Encyclopedia
Neochanna is a genus of six mudfish species, five restricted to New Zealand
, and one to Tasmania
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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and one to Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
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Species
- Brown mudfishBrown mudfishThe brown mudfish, Neochanna apoda, is a galaxiid of the genus Neochanna, endemic to New Zealand, where it lives on the southwest coast of North Island and on the northwest coast of the South Island...
, Neochanna apoda Günther, 1867 - Canterbury mudfishCanterbury mudfishThe Canterbury mudfish, Neochanna burrowsius, also known as the kowaro, is a galaxiid of the genus Neochanna, found only across the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand. The first Canterbury mudfish was originally described by W J Phillipps in 1926, from a sample sent to him by A. Burrows, from the...
, Neochanna burrowsius (Phillipps, 1926) - Tasmanian mudfishTasmanian mudfishThe Tasmanian mudfish, Neochanna cleaveri, is a small Australian amphidromous fish in the galaxiid family, of the order Osmeriformes.- Distribution :...
, Neochanna cleaveri (Scott, 1934) - Black mudfishBlack mudfishThe black mudfish, Neochanna diversus, is a galaxiid of the family Galaxiidae, found only in swamps and wetlands in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand, from Kaitaia in the north to the Mokau River in the south. Its length is up to 12 cm.-References: Database entry includes...
, Neochanna diversus StokellGerald StokellGerald Stokell was a New Zealand amateur ichthyologist.-Early life:Stokell was born at Prebbleton, near Christchurch, New Zealand, on 20 June 1890 to Edmund Stokell and Jane . He lived there for his whole life...
, 1949 - Northland mudfishNorthland mudfishThe Northland mudfish, Neochanna heleios, 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:* *...
, Neochanna heleios Ling & Gleeson, 2001 - Chatham mudfishChatham mudfishThe Chatham mudfish, Neochanna rekohua, is a galaxiid of the genus Neochanna, endemic to the island of Chatham, the main island of the Chatham Islands. It was discovered in 1997 by C. P. Mitchell.-References:*...
, Neochanna rekohua Mitchell, 1995