DSC_6446 Lowland Longjaw galaxias (Galaxias cobitinus) this is New Zealand’s rarest native fish. It thrives in cool springs and streams amongst the cobbles and gravels in the fast-flowing riffles of braided rivers. The few remaining populations are in the Kauru and Kakanui rivers in North Otago. Adults need clean, ‘roomy’, movable substrates so they can burrow into the cracks and crevices between rocks in the marginal shallows of swift braided river channels. Kauru River *
DSC_6403 Lowland Longjaw galaxias (Galaxias cobitinus) this is New Zealand’s rarest native fish. It thrives in cool springs and streams amongst the cobbles and gravels in the fast-flowing riffles of braided rivers. The few remaining populations are in the Kauru and Kakanui rivers in North Otago. Adults need clean, ‘roomy’, movable substrates so they can burrow into the cracks and crevices between rocks in the marginal shallows of swift braided river channels. Kauru River *
DSC_6259 Lowland Longjaw galaxias (Galaxias cobitinus) DoC officers Daniel Jack and Ciaran Campbell, monitor summer water quality in longjaw habitat in one of the lower reaches of the Waitaki River. Our rarest native fish lives here in marginal shallows of the river channels. Kauru River *
