INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OUR FRESHWATER FISH
IN PLAIN SIGHT
Pātiki mohoao (Black flounder) can camouflage by changing colour to match its surroundings.
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CLIMBING ELVERS
Juvenile eels are known as elvers and can climb up verticle walls provided the surface is rough and wet.
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Elvers climbing - teara.govt.nz
SALEFIN MOLLY
Found in the thermal waters of lake Taupo the Salefin Molly is the only tropical fish in New Zealand. These are females, the males have larger dorsal fins.
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Otoliths age fish
Fish earbones are called Otoliths and can tell the age and other information about the fish by rigs or lines, a little like the rings on tree trunks.
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The fish highway