DSC_7069 Pouched lamprey (Geotria australis) NIWA freshwater scientists Don Jellyman and son Phillip, use electro-fishing gear to search for ammocoete larva which live buried in the mud for the first four years or so of their life. Okuti River, Canterbury *
DSC_7097 Pouched lamprey (Geotria australis) freshwater scientists searching a stream for ammocoete larva which live buried in the mud for the first four years or so of their life, before eventually transforming into macropthalmia, and migrating downstream to the sea. Okuti River, Canterbury *
DSC_7115 Pouched lamprey (Geotria australis) researchers searching a stream for ammocoete larva which live buried in the mud for the first four years or so of their life, before eventually transforming into macropthalmia, and migrating downstream to the sea *