FISH, INTRODUCED FRESHWATER

FISH, INTRODUCED FRESHWATER

As New Zealand's indigenous fish fauna were not suitable for angling, European and American fish have been introduced. Those successfully acclimatised include the following species:

• FISH, INTRODUCED FRESHWATER

• Brown Trout

• Rainbow Trout

• Quinnat Salmon

• Atlantic Salmon

• Perch

• Fontinalis

• Mackinaw

• Carp

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.