Neochanna
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| Neochanna | |
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| The Brown Mudfish, Neochanna apoda | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Genus: | Neochanna Günther, 1867 |
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Neochanna is a genus of galaxiids native to New Zealand with one species (N. cleaveri) in Tasmania.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus: [1]
- Neochanna apoda Günther, 1867 (Brown mudfish)
- Neochanna burrowsius (Phillipps, 1926) (Canterbury mudfish)
- Neochanna cleaveri (E. O. G. Scott, 1934) (Tasmanian mudfish)
- Neochanna diversus Stokell, 1949 (Black mudfish)
- Neochanna heleios Ling & Gleeson, 2001 (Northland mudfish)
- Neochanna rekohua (C. P. Mitchell, 1995) (Chatham mudfish)
References
- "Neochanna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
- NIWA June 2006
- "New Zealand mudfish (Neochanna spp.) recovery plan (Northland, black, brown, Canterbury and Chatham mudfish) (Threatened Species Recovery Plan 51)". Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand. 2003. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
- O'Brien L.K.; Dunn N.R. (2007) Science for Conservation 277. p 88. Department of Conservation, New Zealand.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Neochanna in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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