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Kōrero: Coastal fish

Telescope fish

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Telescope fish

Telescope fish (Mendosoma lineatum) have jaws that extend outwards. They use these to prey on plankton and small fish. Telescope fish grow to around 40 centimetres and are found mainly in southern waters from Kāpiti Island (near Wellington) to the subantarctic Auckland Islands. They often school over reefs in fast-moving groups.

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Reference: P.31872

by A. Stewart

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Coastal fish – Fish of the northern and southern rocky sea floor, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8842/telescope-fish (accessed 4 June 2026).

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