Found in our fresh water river on farm in napier.
There’s a few of them. These are the best photos I could get of it. Attachment 234519Attachment 234519
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Found in our fresh water river on farm in napier.
There’s a few of them. These are the best photos I could get of it. Attachment 234519Attachment 234519
https://niwa.co.nz/freshwater/nzffd/...uides-and-keys - a few visual guides on here that might help.
Thought it might be a Kokopu, but I don't think they have a dorsal fin.
Short jaw kokopu
It's ether a common bully or giant bully. I'd have to count the dorsal fin spines to tell these two apart at this size, if they're much bigger (150mm+) it'd certainly be a giant but you can have both at the same location. If you're more than a few km away from the ocean I'd confirm common bully. You never find giants more than a few km from the ocean.
Definitely not a Galaxid nor a mudfish.
3 meter flatty
trout bait....ooops did I actually type that???
Possibly a Crans Bully, going by colours on top of dorsal.
Ask on Native new Zealand fish keepers on FB.
Thanks guys. We are an hour from the beach if that makes a difference, not too far from the kawekas.