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Kōrero: Te hopu tuna – eeling

Tuna hiku roa

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Longfin eel

Noho ai tēnei momo tuna (Anguilla dieffenbachii) ki ngā awa me ngā wai o te tuawhenua. Koinei pea te tuna nui rawa i te ao – neke atu i te 1.75 mita te roa. E 24 koma-mano te taumaha o te tuna nui rawa kua mau. Kāore e kitea noatia tēnei tuna ki kō atu o Aotearoa.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Te hopu tuna – eeling – Origins and types of tuna – eels, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13964/tuna-hiku-roa (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.