Story: Oceanic fish

Page 5 – External links and sources

Best fish guide

The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand ranks fish according to how well their fisheries are managed.
Find a fish

This Australian Museum site provides a search for fish species, many of which occur in New Zealand waters.
Search FishBase

A database with nearly 30,000 fish species.
Species info

A recreational angler’s guide to fish species in New Zealand waters, from NZ Fishing News.
Student & teacher resources (Starfish)

The Ministry of Fisheries' educational resource centre features information about fisheries and fishing, aimed at children.
Tropical and subtropical fishes from northern New Zealand

This is an abstract of a paper, ‘New and rare tropical and subtropical fishes from northern New Zealand’ by Malcolm P. Francis and others. It discusses sightings of rare fish in the late 1990s. It links to the full paper (PDF format).

Doak, Wade. Fishes of the New Zealand region. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984.
Doak, Wade. A photographic guide to sea fishes of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland Publishers, 2003.
Francis, Malcolm. Coastal fishes of New Zealand: an identification guide. 3rd ed. Auckland: Reed, 2001.
Paul, Larry. New Zealand fishes: identification, natural history and fisheries. Auckland: Reed, 2000.
Paul, Larry, and John Moreland. Handbook of New Zealand marine fishes. Auckland: Reed, 1993.
Paulin, Chris, and others. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2001.