10 Mar 2017

Critter of The Week: The Torrentfish

From Afternoons, 3:29 pm on 10 March 2017

The torrentfish is one of five freshwater fish species featuring on NZ Post's latest stamp release of 1 March 2017. Torrentfish or Cheimarrichthys fosteri is an endemic New Zealand freshwater fish that has its closest common ancestry with the blue cod. DoC's endangered species ambassador, Nicola Toki, tells us all about it.

The Torrentfish

The Torrentfish Photo: supplied/blueether