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Kōrero: Coastal fish

Demoiselles

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Schools of demoiselles (Chromis dispilus) swim at the Poor Knights Islands off northern New Zealand. Known as the swallows of the sea, demoiselles swoop and dart while feeding on plankton.

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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/video/8839/demoiselles (accessed 4 June 2026).

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