These schooling small fish in Wellington Harbour are most likely to be slender sprats (Sprattus antipodum). Sprats feed on plankton and are sometimes caught for bait. They are an important food item for seabirds and larger fish around southern New Zealand.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP/2000/0809/13
Photograph by Craig Simcox
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