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The '''Ahuru''' (''Auchenoceros punctatus |
The '''Ahuru''' (''Auchenoceros punctatus'') is a small deepwater fish, the only fish of the genus '''''Auchenoceros''''', found on the east coast of [[New Zealand]]. Its length is about 13 centimetres. |
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of the genus ''[[Auchenoceros]]'', found on the east coast of [[New Zealand]]. Its length is about 13 centimetres. |
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It has a blunt snout, and a first [[dorsal fin]] reduced to a single elongate ray that overlaps the origin of the second dorsal fin. |
It has a blunt snout, and a first [[dorsal fin]] reduced to a single elongate ray that overlaps the origin of the second dorsal fin. |
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The colour is a uniform pale pink-white. They are found over sand and mud bottoms in inshore waters around much of New Zealand. |
The colour is a uniform pale pink-white. They are found over sand and mud bottoms in inshore waters around much of New Zealand. |
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==References== |
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* {{FishBase species | genus = Auchenoceros | species = punctatus | month = January | year = 2006}} |
* {{FishBase species | genus = Auchenoceros | species = punctatus | month = January | year = 2006}} |
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*Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand [[1982]]) ISBN 0-00-216987-8 |
*Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand [[1982]]) ISBN 0-00-216987-8 |
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The Ahuru (Auchenoceros punctatus) is a small deepwater fish, the only fish of the genus Auchenoceros, found on the east coast of New Zealand. Its length is about 13 centimetres.
It has a blunt snout, and a first dorsal fin reduced to a single elongate ray that overlaps the origin of the second dorsal fin.
The colour is a uniform pale pink-white. They are found over sand and mud bottoms in inshore waters around much of New Zealand.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Auchenoceros punctatus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8