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Kōrero: Coastal fish

Pink maomao

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Pink maomao

This school of pink maomao (Caprodon longimanus) rides the currents in a gap between two rock pillars. The fish feed on plankton and are found around deep reefs or rock archways at headlands and islands off the northern North Island.

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Carl Walrond, Coastal fish – New Zealand’s coastal fish, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8809/pink-maomao (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.