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DSC_0844 Teviot flathead galaxias (Galaxias 'Teviot') DoC Ranger Daniel Jack measures a fish from one of the very last sites where Teviots still occur. Over the last decade, nearly half the known Teviot populations have been lost. This can be directly linked to the spread of sports fish (trout and brook char), which eat galaxiids; and changes in land use such as stock access to streams, reduction of native vegetation, land development and forest harvesting. The last few populations remain in a few headwater streams small enough to step across in the Teviot River, surrounding Lake Onslow *

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DSC_0844 Teviot flathead galaxias (Galaxias 'Teviot') DoC Ranger Daniel Jack measures a fish from one of the very last sites where Teviots still occur. Over the last decade, nearly half the known Teviot populations have been lost. This can be directly linked to the spread of sports fish (trout and brook char), which eat galaxiids; and changes in land use such as stock access to streams, reduction of native vegetation, land development and forest harvesting. The last few populations remain in a few headwater streams small enough to step across in the Teviot River, surrounding Lake Onslow *

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