baitfish

Anchovy – Engraulis australis. It is easily distinguished from other small baitfish by its undershot lower jaw.
  • New Zealand Sea Fishes
    • Anchovy – Engraulis australis – average length between 8 and 12 cm

    Anchovy – Engraulis-australis Anchovy is known to Maori as kokowhawha or korowhaw Anchovy is common around the North.

    01/12/2021
    Sprat - Sprattus antipodum, S. muelleri
  • New Zealand Sea Fishes
    • Sprats are a small oily baitfish found mostly around the South Island

    Sprat – Sprattus antipodum, S. muelleri The sprat is a comparatively small sea fish measuring.

    26/10/2020