Skip to main content

Story: Coastal fish

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand’s coastal fish

Scaly-headed triplefin

Scaly-headed triplefin

Pink maomao

Sea-surface temperatures

Sea-surface temperatures

From page 2 - Shallow-water fish

Seahorses

Female spotty

Black flounder, Fiordland

Black flounder, Fiordland (1st of 2)

Common sole

Common sole (2nd of 2)

Yellow-eyed mullet

Yellow-eyed mullet

Piper

From page 3 - Coastal predatory open-water fish

Kahawai catch

Eating kina

Snapper

Kingfish fingerling

Kingfish fingerling

Barracouta

From page 4 - Plankton-feeding open-water fish

Sprats

Trevally

Jack mackerel

Kōheru

From page 5 - Fish of the open sea floor

John dory

Red cod

Blue moki

Juvenile turbot

Juvenile turbot

Tarakihi school

Tarakihi school

From page 6 - Widespread fish of the rocky sea floor

Blue cod

Hāpuku

Red-banded perch

Red-banded perch

Leatherjacket

From page 7 - Fish of the northern and southern rocky sea floor

Goatfish

Red moki

Red moki (1st of 3)

Southern splendid perch

Southern splendid perch (2nd of 3)

Pink maomao

Pink maomao (3rd of 3)

Demoiselles

Trumpeter

Trumpeter (1st of 2)

Telescope fish

Telescope fish (2nd of 2)

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/coastal-fish/media (accessed 20 May 2019)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 12 Jun 2006