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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.
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FISH, INTRODUCED FRESHWATER
As New Zealand's indigenous fish fauna were not suitable
for angling, European and American fish have been introduced.
Those successfully acclimatised include the following
species:
Brian Turnbull Cunningham, B.SC., Senior Fishery Officer, Marine Department, Wellington.