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Neochanna apoda Günther, 1867

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1867). On a new form of mudfish from New Zealand. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 39): 305-309, Pl. 7. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-4.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Osmeriformes
family
Galaxiidae
genus
Neochanna
species
Neochanna apoda

Name

Homonyms
Neochanna apoda Günther, 1867
Common names
Brauner Hechtling in German
Hauhau in Maori
Mud Eel in English
Mutameltti in Finnish
Spring Eel in English
brown mudfish in English
brown mudfish in English
galaxie nahnědlá in Czech
Безногая неоханна in Russian
பழுப்புநிறச் சேற்று மீன் in Tamil
無足新南乳魚 in Chinese
Brown Mudfish in English
Hauhau in Maori
Hauhau in English
Mud Eel in English
Spring Eel in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Günther, A. (1867). On a new form of mudfish from New Zealand. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 39): 305-309, Pl. 7. [Also as a separate, pp. 1-4.
  3. Günther, Albert, 1867: On a new form of mudfish from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3), vol. 20, no. 119, article 39. 305-309.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. McDowall, Robert M., 1970: The galaxiid fishes of New Zealand. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 139, no. 7. 341-431.
  6. McDowall, Robert M., 2010: null. New Zealand Freshwater Fishes: an Historical and Ecological Biogeography. xxi + 449.
  7. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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