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Cheimarrichthys fosteri (shark bully; Torrent fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The torrentfish, Cheimarrichthys fosteri, is an amphidromous freshwater fish that is endemic to New Zealand. Torrentfish are well adapted to life in shallow, fast-flowing riffles and rapids. They grow to a maximum of 200 mm (7.9 in) in total length, but more commonly reach 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in).
View Wikipedia Record: Cheimarrichthys fosteri

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Cheimarrichthys fosteri

Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Prey / Diet

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0