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Databases compiled from the Ministry of Primary Industries list of Tropical fish allowed to be imported into New Zealand.
Freshwater Fish A toH.
Freshwater Fish I to Z.
Tropical Marine Fish .
Killifish on list
Marine Invertebrates.
Exotic Reptiles and Amphibians
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Parore
A dark brownish-green coloured fish with narrow darker vertical bands. Slow growing.
- Scientific Name: Girella tricuspidata
- Habitat: Found inshore, in habours and estuaries. Fry can be caught early summer around weedy rocks and wharves
- Temperament: A peaceful fish in a mixed tank. Can be aggressive to its own species as they grow.
- Tank Age/Maturity: 100 litres but these guys ultimately will need 1,000 litres plus.
- Diet: In the wild they are primarily a plant eater but will readily adapt to eat everything from flake to mussel flesh, even scraping algae off the rocks in the tank.
- Threatened Species: N/A
- Special Requirements: Need room to swim, but these guys as they grow can become quite territorial with new fish.
- Endemic: N/A
- Size: 60cm