presented by Kenichi Miyamoto

Last Update 25th August 2010

25th August 2010　Added new photos to Parore(Salt Water)
16th August 2010　Added new photos to Parore(Salt Water)
19th July 2010　Added new photos to Butterfish(Salt Water)
25th May 2010　Added new photos to Single Spot Demoiselle(Salt Water) and SpanishLobster(Invertebrates)
4th May 2010　Added new photos to Blue maomao(Salt Water) and Red Rock Lobster(Invertebrates)
21st Apr 2010　Added new photos to Silver drummer(Salt Water) and Spanish Lobster, Maori Octopus(Invertebrates)
22nd Mar 2010　Added new photos to Yellowtail Kingfish, School Shark(Salt Water)
16th Mar 2010　Added new photos to Yellowtail Kingfish, Kahawai(Salt Water)
1st Mar 2010　Added new photos to Sand flounder, Grey mullet(Salt Water) and Maori Octopus (Invertebrates)
5th Feb 2010　Added Orange perch and Large flyingfish to Salt Water
5th Feb 2010　Added new photos to Smooth oreo(Salt Water)
5th Feb 2010　Added new photos to Hammerhead shark(Cartilaginous)
3rd Feb 2010　Added Purple shore crab and Black finger crab to Invertebrates
3rd Feb 2010　Added new photos to Giant Boarfish, Rock Cod, Sand Goby(Salt Water)
29th Jan 2010　Added new photos to Porcupine Fish (Salt Water)
18th Jan 2010　Added new photos to Yellow Moray, Rock Cod (Salt Water)
14th Jan 2010　Added new photos to Bigeye (Salt Water)
11th Jan 2010　Added New Zealand scaly-headed triplefin to Salt Water
8th Jan 2010　Added new photos to Porcupine Fish, Crested Blenny, Specctacled Triplefin, Oblique Swimming Triplefin (Salt Water)
24th Dec 2009　Added new photos to New Zealand mantis shrimp and Maori Octopus (Invertebrates)
18th Dec 2009　Added new photos to Yellowbelly frounder (Salt Water)
18th Dec 2009　Added new photos to Red rock crab and Maori Octopus (Invertebrates)
8th Dec 2009　Added New Zealand mantis shrimp to Salt Water
8th Dec 2009　Added Goldfish to Fresh Water
8th Dec 2009　Added new photos to Red rock crab (Invertebrates)
1st Dec 2009　Added Urchin clingfish (Salt Water)
 5th Feb 08　Added Max size and Depth range to SaltWater
23rd Jan 08　You can see expanded map when click the distribution map.
1st Jan 08　 WEB New Zealand Fish Guide OPEN


at the moment: NZ Salt Water 202 species,　NZ Fresh Water 20 species

Greetings everyone. This site is managed by me, Kenichi Miyamoto. I live in Auckland city of North Island of New Zealand. The main purpose of this site is to introduce “Fish I have encountered through fishing”, “Fish I have caught with traps”, and “Fish I have bought form fish markets”.
I am sure many people have interest in fishes that inhabit in New Zealand and the reason of creating this site is to offer information to those people.
Fishes that appear in this sites are mainly “Fish that inhabits in New Zeleand”, furthermore, “Fishes that are imported through trade from Oceania ocean”. Basically, the fishes are those that I have encountered and I am not necessarily trying to cover the entire kinds of fish that inhabits in New Zealand. My business is running Japanese Yakitori Restaurant and I am not a professor nor a professional researcher of fishes. Therefore you may encounter some errors in this site, but I will gain my information by using many reference and materials to maintain good accuracy in the information that I provide. Also you have to be aware that some fish kinds, especially Tripterygiidae and Gobiidae where over 2100 types exits in the world, are very difficult to indentify and are still tentative. Regarding the identification methods of the fishes please refer to “About NZken”.
If you encounter any query or error it would be greatly appreciated if you could contact me.
Also, photographes that appear in this site involved great amount of time in their production where I took great care for every single shot, so I would kindly decline any usage of them for your purpose without gaining my permission.

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