15. Indigenous Biodiversity
Version:
2007 State of the Environment Report
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 |