Fish Identification - Dive Planet's Fishes of New Zealand

Click on any of the Images below for more information about that particular species type with Dive Planet's Fish Identification. Here at Dive Planet we provide you information all about each species type including video footage of each fish that we have here.

Black Angelfish

Black Angelfish of New Zealand or the Black Scalyfin, (Parma alboscapularis), is a damselfish of the Pomacentridae family that is found around Northeastern parts of New Zealand.

Sandagger Wrasse

Sandagger Wrasse Found around New Zealand on rocky weedy reef areas. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm and large specimens, which might be over 25 years old, weigh almost 5 kg.

Scorpianfish

Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) This fish comes from a large family having hundreds of members. They are widespread in tropical temperate seas, but they are mostly found ...

Red Snapper

Snapper of New Zealand are exactly the same as the snapper in Australia for this particular type. Also known as (Schnapper) these fish mostly live in shallow water (10-50 metres), although....

Demoiselles

Demoiselles (Chromis dispilus) The two-spot demoiselles are such a cute little fish, Demoiselle means (Lady Fish). They are also called sea swallow because of its forked tail and the name ...

Blue Maomao

Blue Maomao (Scorpis violaceus) The Blue Mao Mao are the ambassadors for the Poor Knights Islands. These fish are a New Zealand species, occurring in the warmer waters around ...

Tripplefin

Tripplefin This little fish is commonly found around the North Island of New Zealand ranging in depths from a meter to about 30 meters. They are most commonly found in areas that have a lot of reefs or..

Red Pigfish

Red Pigfish, (Bodianus unimaculatus) This fish is a Wrasse of the genus Bodianus, found in New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Kermadec Islands and Eastern Australia.

Kingfish

Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) The yellowtail kingfish also known as the southern kingfish, Seriola lalandi lalandi, is a subspecies of the yellowtail amberjack being a jack of the genus Seriola found ....

Porae

Porae (Nemadactylus douglasii) The Porae is found around South Eastern Australia and the North Eastern Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. This fish can be found at depths .....

Pink Maomao

Pink mao mao (Caprodon longimanus) The Pink mao mao are a spectacular sight because of their soft pink colours combined with elegant shapes and almost royal behaviour they seem to ....

Golden Snapper

Golden Snapper (Centroberyx affinis) Looking at the Golden Snapper they are not schooling fish at diving depths even though they are targeted by freedivers, but deeper .....


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