More links and websites
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Eel: New Zealand freshwater fish
Information on native eels from the Department of Conservation.
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Keeping tabs on our native eels
Don Jellyman tags long-fin eels in an attempt to find their spawning grounds.
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The long and the short of it: looking after native eels
On the NIWA site, a study of eel behaviour and habitat requirements.
More suggestions and sources
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Graham, David H. A treasury of New Zealand fishes. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1953.
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McDowall, R. M. The Reed field guide to New Zealand freshwater fishes. Auckland: Reed, 2000.
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Potts, T. H. Out in the open: a budget of scraps of natural history, gathered in New Zealand. Christchurch: Kiwi, 1995 (originally published 1882).
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