Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Clariidae Genus: Clarias Species: C. batrachus Physical Description The walking catfish has an elongated body shape, and reaches almost 0.5 m in length and 1.2 kg in weight. Often covered laterally in small white spots, the body is mainly coloured a gray or...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Anguillidae Genus: Anguilla Species: A. australis Physical Description Shortfin eels are one of the three Anguillidae species found in New Zealand. They differ from longfin eels in the length of their dorsal fin. In shortfin eels, the dorsal and anal...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Ostraciidae Genus: Tetrosomus Species: T. gibbosus Description This is a peaceful species. Humpback Turretfish can grow up to 30 cm what is approximately 11 inches. It have a very distinctive shape. The dorsal surface of their body is sharp and...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Echeneidae Genus: Echeneis Species: E. naucrates Physical Description Echeneis naucrates has modified dorsal fin used as a sucking disc to attach to hosts makes the sharksucker easy to distinguish from other fish. This oval-shaped sucking disc consists of 16-28 laminae...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes Family: Cynoglossidae Genus: Cynoglossus Species: C. dubius Description Cynoglossus dubius, is commonly known as the Carrot tonguesole because of it’s shape reassembles a laterally compressed carrot. It is a species of tonguefish. The fish have pointing anterior and posterior ends the dorsal and the...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Istiophoridae Genus: Istiophorus Physical Description Their body is elongate and compressed, The upper jaw prolonged into a very long and pointed beak. It possess two dorsal fins, the first very large, tail and sail-like, hence the name, pelvic fins narrow...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Chaetodontidae Genus: Heniochus Species: H. acuminatus Physical Description The Pennant Coralfish is also known as the Longfin Bannerfish, Coachman, Featherfin Coralfish, Butterflyfish, Common Bannerfish, Angelfish Pennant and Pavillon. It looks similar to the beautiful Crowned Scythe, better known as the...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Pristiformes Family: Pristidae Genus: Pristis Species: P. zijsron Physical Description The modern day sawfish species have been in the ocean around 56 million years. Sawfish get their name from their rostrum or “saws”–long, flat snouts edged with pairs of teeth which are...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Pseudobalistes Species: P. flavimarginatus Physical Description Yellowmargin Triggerfish are pinkish to grey with a cross-hatched pattern on the sides of the body and yellow fin margins. There is a deep groove in front of the eyes and five...
