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Kōrero: Coarse fish

Cyprinidae features

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Cyprinidae features

Species of the carp family, Cyprinidae, can be distinguished from other freshwater-fish families in New Zealand as they all have scales, a lateral line and no teeth.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: R. M. McDowall, Reed field guide to New Zealand freshwater fishes. Auckland: Reed, 2000, p. 140

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Bob McDowall, Coarse fish – Introductions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/diagram/15736/cyprinidae-features (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bob McDowall, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.