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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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[[Category:New Zealand endemic marine fish]]

Revision as of 06:58, 29 June 2006

Ahuru
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Auchenoceros
Species:
A. punctatus
Binomial name
Auchenoceros punctatus
Paulin, 1986

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

  • "Auchenoceros punctatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 19 March. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  • 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