Stella Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I am involved in a mudfish breeding project for massey university as part of a master's student's thesis. She is going to have some in large outdoor troughs and i will have some in an indoor aquarium (where I can keep a close eye in them And they arrived last night!!! Five big 'uns. 12-13cm total length. Nice and fat. Jsut gorgeous, in a kinda ugly way. I am going to try and upload a few photos but had no luck last time, I think it is some problem with picasa and this site.... If it doesn't work, go here: http://picasaweb.google.com/nznativefish/Mudfish There are also full size versions there, plus overviews of the tank. (edit: trying again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 nope they dont work (the photos) but the fish look great good luck with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 bugger. they work for me! might have to resurrect photobucket for doing this, just prefer the presentation of picasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 ok, just redid it through photobucket. I remember why I gave up on that site - awful advertising etc!!! The photos seem really small. If you want to see big (huge) versions, again: http://picasaweb.google.com/nznativefish/Mudfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Excellent The pics work now. Keep us posted about how it goes. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 what type of fish is this could someone please explain 2 me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Don't worry, most people have never heard of them! tis a native fish, related to the whitebait fish, but this one lives in wetlands. There are five or six species. This is the brown one from taranaki/manawatu/kapiti/west-coast-of-south-island. There are two up north, one down south (canterbury) and another on the chathams. They do not like deep water and often live in places where the water dries out over summber. They wriggle under logs and things and stay moist but out of the water until the rain comes again. They are evolving towards eels. Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 thanks for the information Stella good luck with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/page.aspx?id=33220 This is a page about them. They are kinda rare, and even if you knew where to look you still might not find them. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 thanks for that ian now i know a lil bit about these unusal fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 My friend had the Canterbury mudfish on his farm. Officials got all excited for a while. They caught a lot to study but I think they all died :roll: I think their habitat has now been destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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