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Kōrero: Coastal fish

Eating kina

Video file

In this video footage, snapper (Pagrus auratus) and leatherjackets (Parika scaber) eat kina or sea urchins (Evechinus chloroticus). Snapper have strong teeth and powerful jaws that allow them to munch upon spiny kina and to crush shellfish.

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Carl Walrond, Coastal fish – Coastal predatory open-water fish, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/8819/eating-kina (accessed 4 June 2026).

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