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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 ...
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]
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.
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.
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The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), also known as the American mud-fish [6] and scaly salamanderfish, [7] is the single species of lungfish found in swamps and slow-moving waters of the Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins in South America. [8]
Tasmanian mudfish are smaller than other species comprising the whitebait fishery, generally only 30 to 40 mm at this age. The juvenile fish migrate upstream to their usual habitat. Nocturnal in habit and secretive in nature, the fish usually rest during daylight in heavy vegetation or half buried in the muddy substrate.