Tony Eldon points to a brown mudfish found beneath a log at Kumara on the West Coast in 1966 and (inset) the same fish up close. Eldon found that mudfish aestivate for a month or two in summer and autumn in the mud under forest litter. If the water dries up the fish move into holes under trees or logs until the water returns. This ability to survive after its water disappears allows mudfish to occupy habitats that other fish cannot.
KEITH MAYNARD
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Forest and Bird, Issue 279, 1 February 1996, Page 16
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83Tony Eldon points to a brown mudfish found beneath a log at Kumara on the West Coast in 1966 and (inset) the same fish up close. Eldon found that mudfish aestivate for a month or two in summer and autumn in the mud under forest litter. If the water dries up the fish move into holes under trees or logs until the water returns. This ability to survive after its water disappears allows mudfish to occupy habitats that other fish cannot. KEITH MAYNARD Forest and Bird, Issue 279, 1 February 1996, Page 16
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