sunrise001 Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 i have decided that i will raise some whitebait they eat some of the flakes i give them the largest is 6cm's long(i have 6 of them) and i noticed the other day that 2 of them are totally different looking to the others and they are all around the same size too, the 2 that look different are see thourgh (you can see their hearts) have leopard like spots on their heads and are shier than the others are there different types of whitebait. as i do know that they are fry and grow into larger fish. thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise001 Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 advice anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 There are several different species of fish all commonly called "whitebait". 5 Galaxid species and 1 smelt I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 advice anyone? Whoa, That was less than ten minutes from the first post. Remember not everyone sits here on the forums all day waiting to answer your questions. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/whitebait-a ... ebaiting/1 Google is very obliging most of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Google is very obliging most of the time +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 This table is useful: http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/par ... ification/ Also check the abstract here: http://yearofthemountains.org.nz/upload ... SFC206.pdf I think it is page 42-ish. More detail and some pictures, though bear in mind it is about sorting dead fish mostly. Though 6cm fish might start looking quite different from whitebait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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