A new site for bignose galaxias has been discovered in
springs near the Hakataramea River.
The native fish was first found in the Mackenzie Basin in
2001 and all sightings have previously been confined to that
region.
It was good news for sustaining the population of the species
as there might now be more sites within the Waitaki region,
biodiversity assets programme manager Dean Nelson said.
The galaxias were small and pencil-shaped with a blunt head
and were named for their slightly bulbous nose.
The first discovery was in a stream near the Ahuriri River.
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