RARE FISH
ABLE TO LIVE ON LAND PERIOD OF HIBERNATION ROTORUA, July 12. A rare fish known as the mudfish has been sent to Mr A. Kean, conservator of fish and gaine for the Rotorua district, by Mr E. W. Barlow, of Matarnata. ~ The first of this 'fish that came under Mr Kean’s notice was in 1914, when Mr L. Mackie, a dairy factory manager and amateur naturalist, found some of the fish at Otakeho while digging a drain. The fish is something like the kokopu, or native trout, and has similar markings. It is cylindrical in shape, with- fins and a bullet-shaped head, and is like an eel in. many respects. It appears to be able to hibernate jndofinetly. The mudfish has on. occasions been termed the spring eel owing to its resemblance to an eel.. The specimen caught by Mr Mackie was a female and contained some 600 eggs. It is about Tin. long and was sent to Mr Kean alive. It was caught at Morrinsville. The fish is known as a fresh-water fish, although it can live awqy from water in a damp place. The only specimens known to have been caught previously were at Feilding, Masterton, Otakeho and on the west coast of the South Island.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1933, Page 8
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210RARE FISH Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1933, Page 8
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