Story: Life in fresh water

Page 6. External links and sources

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NIWA atlas of New Zealand freshwater fishes

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research atlas describes freshwater fish in New Zealand.

More suggestions and sources

Collier, Kevin, and Michael Winterbourn, eds. New Zealand stream invertebrates: ecology and implications for management. Christchurch: New Zealand Limnological Society, 2000.
Harding, Jon, and others, eds. Freshwaters of New Zealand. Christchurch: New Zealand Hydrological Society and New Zealand Limnological Society, 2004.
McDowall, R. M. The Reed field guide to New Zealand freshwater fishes. Auckland: Reed, 2000.

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Roger Young, Life in fresh water, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/7285/sources (accessed 12 June 2026).

Story by Roger Young, published 1 March 2009.