Appendix A: Freshwater fish recorded in Northland
Table 5: Freshwater fish recorded in Northland on the NZ Freshwater Fish Database
Scientific name | Common name | No. of records |
Native fish | ||
Aldrichetta forsteri | Yelloweyed mullet | 8 |
Anguilla australis | Shortfin eel | 344 |
Anguilla dieffenbachii | Longfin eel | 320 |
Anguilla sp. | Unidentified eels | 113 |
Cheimarrichthys fosteri | Torrentfish | 90 |
Galaxias argenteus | Giant kokopu | 1 |
Galaxias sp. | Unidentified galaxiids | 24 |
Galaxias brevipinnis | Koaro | 24 |
Galaxias fasciatus | Banded kokopu | 295 |
Galaxias gracilis | Dwarf inanga | 24 |
Galaxias maculatus | Inanga | 218 |
Galaxias postvectis | Shortjaw kokopu | 17 |
Geotria australis | Lamprey | 9 |
Gobiomorphus basalis | Crans bully | 81 |
Gobiomorphus cotidianus | Common bully | 263 |
Gobiomorphus gobioides | Giant bully | 74 |
Gobiomorphus hubbsi | Bluegill bully | 10 |
Gobiomorphus huttoni | Redfin bully | 238 |
Gobiomorphus sp. | Unidentified bullies | 29 |
Mugil cephalus | Grey mullet | 21 |
Mugil sp. | Unidentified mullet | 1 |
Neochanna diversus | Black mudfish | 75 |
Neochanna heleios | Northland mudfish | 51 |
Retropinna retropinna | Common smelt | 108 |
Total number of records | 2438 | |
Exotic fish | ||
Ameiurus nebulosus | Catfish | 10 |
Carassius auratus | Goldfish | 27 |
Ctenopharyngodon idella | Grass carp | 2 |
Cyprinus carpio | Koi carp | 11 |
Gambusia affinis | Gambusia | 160 |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | Silver carp | 1 |
Oncorhynchus mykiss | Rainbow trout | 28 |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook salmon | 1 |
Perca fluviatilis | Perch | 1 |
Salmo | Unidentified trout | 2 |
Salmo trutta | Brown trout | 9 |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | Rudd | 13 |
Tinca tinca | Tench | 4 |
Total number of records | 269 | |
Estuarine/marine species | ||
Grahamina sp. | Estuarine triplefin | 22 |
Parioglossus marginalis | Dart goby | 3 |
Rhombosolea sp. | Flounders | 1 |
Total number of records | 26 | |
Paranephrops | Koura | 248 |
No species recorded | 137 |