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Story: Coastal fish

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. New Zealand’s coastal fish

  3. Shallow-water fish

  4. Coastal predatory open-water fish

  5. Plankton-feeding open-water fish

  6. Fish of the open sea floor

  7. Widespread fish of the rocky sea floor

  8. Fish of the northern and southern rocky sea floor

  9. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand’s coastal fish

Scaly-headed triplefin

Scaly-headed triplefin

Pink maomao

Pink maomao

Sea-surface temperatures

Sea-surface temperatures

From page 2 - Shallow-water fish

Seahorses

Seahorses

Female spotty

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

Piper

From page 3 - Coastal predatory open-water fish

Kahawai catch

Kahawai catch

Eating kina

Eating kina

Snapper

Snapper

Kingfish fingerling

Kingfish fingerling

Barracouta

Barracouta

From page 4 - Plankton-feeding open-water fish

Sprats

Sprats

Trevally

Trevally

Jack mackerel

Jack mackerel

Kōheru

Kōheru

From page 5 - Fish of the open sea floor

John dory

John dory

Red cod

Red cod

Blue moki

Blue moki

Juvenile turbot

Juvenile turbot

Tarakihi school

Tarakihi school

From page 6 - Widespread fish of the rocky sea floor

Blue cod

Blue cod

Hāpuku

Hāpuku

Red-banded perch

Red-banded perch

Leatherjacket

Leatherjacket

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

Goatfish

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

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 9 August 2022)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 12 Jun 2006

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