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Story: Coarse fish

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Introductions

  3. Cyprinids – goldfish, carp and others

  4. Livebearers, catfish and perch

  5. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Introductions

Cyprinidae features

Cyprinidae features (1st of 4)

Poeciliidae features

Poeciliidae features (2nd of 4)

Percidae features

Percidae features (3rd of 4)

Ictaluridae features

Ictaluridae features (4th of 4)

‘Stop the spread’

‘Stop the spread’

Rudd

Rudd (1st of 2)

Plankton bloom in Lake Ōrākei

Plankton bloom in Lake Ōrākei (2nd of 2)

Dead koi carp

Dead koi carp (1st of 3)

Electric fishing

Electric fishing (2nd of 3)

Spraying rotenone

Spraying rotenone (3rd of 3)

From page 2 - Cyprinids – goldfish, carp and others

Coarse and fine scales

Coarse and fine scales

Goldfish

Goldfish

Bow hunter and koi carp

Bow hunter and koi carp

Tench

Tench

Rudd

Rudd

Grass carp

Grass carp

From page 3 - Livebearers, catfish and perch

Gambusia

Gambusia

Caudo

Caudo

Guppy

Guppy (1st of 3)

Sailfin molly

Sailfin molly (2nd of 3)

Swordtail

Swordtail (3rd of 3)

Catfish

Catfish

Perch

Perch

How to cite this page:

Bob McDowall, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/coarse-fish/media (accessed 20 March 2023)

Story by Bob McDowall, published 24 Nov 2008

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