New Zealand Freshwater Fish

DSC_6194 Banded kōkopu (Galaxias fasciatus) a common native galaxiid fish, hovers before the similarly sized fossil of the 'Foulden Maar kokopu' (Galaxias effusus) - NZ's oldest known galaxiid. This fossil was discovered by Associate Professor Daphne Lee, of Otago University. It was recovered from the dark diatomite soils of Foulden Maar, a 23 million year old archive of NZ's ancient, and exquisitely preserved biodiversity *

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DSC_6194 Banded kōkopu (Galaxias fasciatus) a common native galaxiid fish, hovers before the similarly sized fossil of the 'Foulden Maar kokopu' (Galaxias effusus) - NZ's oldest known galaxiid. This fossil was discovered by Associate Professor Daphne Lee, of Otago University. It was recovered from the dark diatomite soils of Foulden Maar, a 23 million year old archive of NZ's ancient, and exquisitely preserved biodiversity *

DSC 6194 Banded kōkopu Galaxias fasciatus native galaxiid fish type speciman fossil Foulden Maar kokopu effusus diatomite 23 million year old archive ancient biodiversity preserved