New Zealand Freshwater Fish

11004-09703 Golden Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) children fishing. Rudd originally came from temperate western Europe, and were brought to New Zealand in the 1960s. They are considered a pest fish except in the Auckland/Waikato region. Whangamarino River.

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