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A new species of mudfish, Neochanna (Teleostei: Galaxidae), from northern New Zealand

Abstract
A new species of mudfish, Neochanna, is described from Northland. Neochanna heleios n.sp. is known from only three ephemeral wetland sites on the Kerikeri volcanic plateau and is abundant only at the type locality. The new species has a head resembling that of the brown mudfish, Neochanna apoda, and a caudal region resembling that of the black mudfish, Neochanna diversus. It can be distinguished from all Neochanna species in having a reduced number of principal caudal fin rays (13 or less). Morphometric and meristic comparisons with N. apoda and N. diversus are provided.
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Ling, N. & Gleeson, D.M. (2001). A new species of mudfish, Neochanna (Teleostei: Galaxidae), from northern New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 31(2), 385-392.
Date
2001
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The Royal Society of New Zealand
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This article has been published in the journal: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. © 2001 The Royal Society of New Zealand. Used with permission.