New Zealand Freshwater Fish

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 *

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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 *

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