Black mudfish | |
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N. diversus in Waikato, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Galaxiiformes |
Family: | Galaxiidae |
Genus: | Neochanna |
Species: | N. diversus
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Binomial name | |
Neochanna diversus | |
Approximate known distribution of the black mudfish on a map of the North Island |
The waikaka or black mudfish (Neochanna diversus) is a fish of the family Galaxiidae,[1] found only in swamps and wetlands in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand, from Kaitaia in the north to the Mōkau River in the south.