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The Tasmanian mudfish is found in Tasmania and in southern Victoria, on either side of the Bass Strait, [4] and New Zealand's brown mudfish is found on either side of Cook Strait. [ 2 ] : 305 Both species likely extended their range during the Pleistocene , when the sea levels were low and there were land connections between the respective ...
The bowfin (Amia calva) is a ray-finned fish native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique.It is regarded as a relict, being one of only two surviving species of the Halecomorphi, a group of fish that first appeared during the Early Triassic, around 250 million years ago.
Clarias anguillaris is a species of African airbreathing catfish also known as the mudfish. This species is of minor importance in commercial fisheries . It grows to a length of 100 cm (39.4 inches) TL .
If the water dries out over summer, it is able to aestivate in damp areas, such as under logs and in root holes, until the water returns. [2] In 2014, the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the brown mudfish as "At Risk: Declining" with qualifier "C(1/1) >100,000 mature individuals, predicted decline 10–70%". [3]
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The first Canterbury mudfish was described by W J Phillipps in 1926, from a specimen sent to him by Mr A. Burrows, a farmer from Oxford, North Canterbury. They were sent to him "alive in a tin box together with a quantity of damp earth, sent by parcel-post on a journey lasting over thirty hours, and arrived alive and extremely active."
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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.