Groper – Polyprion oxygeneios – A favourite New Zealand Deep-water Fish
Groper – Polyprion oxygeneios Other names: hapuku (pronounced hapuka) Denis with a groper taken near Stephens Island, outer Marlborough Sounds. This species is often called Hapuku in the North Island, and groper in the south. Many believe, incorrectly, that groper is a deepwater species only. However, before they were fished-out they More...
Barracouta – Thyrsites atun – Manga – Known as Cook Strait Sailfish
The barracouta – otherwise known as the “Cook Strait sailfish” Note the dentistry. Most barracouta measure just short of a metre in length. This one took a weight-forward ticer intended for a salmon More...
Garfish also called Piper – Hyporhamphus ihi
Garfish or Piper – Hyporhamphus ihi Other names for garfish: takeke, piper, halfbeak Garfish also called Piper – Hyporhamphus ihi. This one is about 30cm in length which is an excellent size for eating. More...
Southern Bluefin Tuna – Thunnus maccoyi – Southern Bluefin Tuna
Southern Bluefin Tuna – Thunnus maccoyi by Allan Burgess Murray Whyte with a Southern Bluefin Tuna he caught fishing off Fiordland, New Zealand. Southern Bluefin Tuna The body of the southern bluefin tuna More...
Blue Moki – Latridopsis ciliaris – the right bait is key to moki fishing
Home » New Zealand Sea Fishes Blue moki – Latridopsis ciliaris Blue Moki Blue Moki – Latridopsis ciliaris The profile of blue moki is much the same as a trumpeter. They can easily be distinguished from More...
Gulper Eel – Eurpharynx pelecanoides – By Anthony Harris
Gulper Eel – Eurpharynx pelecanoides – Creature From The Deep – Also known as the Pelican Eel By Anthony Harris of the Otago Museum Gulper Eel – Eurpharynx pelecanoides. “A strange More...
Albacore Tuna – Thunnus alalunga – Chicken of the Sea! – Video
Home » New Zealand Sea Fishes Albacore Tuna can readily be identified by the following: the pectoral fins are very long running past the second dorsal fin, there is a white rear margin on the tail fin, the first More...
Trumpeter – Latris lineata – Found mostly over rocky foul ground
Trumpeter – Latris lineata Tony Langdale-Hunt with a brace of massive trumpeter taken off the Canterbury Coast. A freshly caught trumpeter has a brightly coloured handsome appearance. This one More...
Yellow-eyed Mullet – Aldrichetta forsteri – found in harbours, estuaries, tidal rivers
A smallish yellow-eyed mullet caught in the Waimakariri River. They seem to school by size. Sometimes you can catch quite a few big ones at the same time. They will readily take small flies as well as baited hooks. Yellow-eyed More...
Ling – Genypterus blacodes – Usually taken in deep-water
Home » New Zealand Sea Fishes Ling – Cusk eels (family Ophidiidae) When fishing deep-water for hapuka there is always the possibility of catching other species like this ling taken off Tauranga in the Bay More...