Banded kokopu, the smallest of the whitebait species. Adults lay their eggs on vegetation in fresh water and when the eggs hatch the larval fish are carried out to sea. The juvenile fish later migrate up rivers in large numbers. A common frequenter of bush streams, this fish has declined in numbers as riverside vegetation has been removed.
R.M. MCDOWALL
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Forest and Bird, Issue 266, 1 November 1992, Page 30
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60Banded kokopu, the smallest of the whitebait species. Adults lay their eggs on vegetation in fresh water and when the eggs hatch the larval fish are carried out to sea. The juvenile fish later migrate up rivers in large numbers. A common frequenter of bush streams, this fish has declined in numbers as riverside vegetation has been removed. R.M. MCDOWALL Forest and Bird, Issue 266, 1 November 1992, Page 30
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