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Caudo

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Caudo

Female caudo grow to 6 centimetres and males 3 centimetres. A native of South America, the species was reported in stock troughs in Northland, the water having been pumped from a nearby stream. They are neither protected nor classified as harmful, and it is uncertain if wild populations have become established.

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Bob McDowall, Coarse fish – Livebearers, catfish and perch, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15729/caudo (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bob McDowall, published 1 March 2009.