Canterbury Mudfish

Q.1

How long do Canterbury mudfish grow and what are their predators?

• They have been found as long as 17.5cm in length.
• One of their predators is an introduced species of fish called mosquitofish.
• One other predator is another introduced species called the Koi Carp from Japan.

Q.2

What are we doing to help the Canterbury mudfish?

• People have set up pages with some advice on what to do and some people have set up charities for the fish.
• Some advice from some pages are if there is wetland around your farm/house fence it off and try control the weeds in the wetland and around it.
• Some of the charities of the Isaac conservation here are some websites I could find.

http://www.isaacconservation.org.nz/wildlife/

http://www.kakariki.org.nz/

http://www.arkive.org/canterbury-mudfish/neochanna-burrowsius/

Q.3

What do the Canterbury mudfish eat and where do they live?

• What I gather Canterbury Mudfish live in swampy grasslands in Canterbury New Zealand.
• Also swamp forest, slow-flowing streams and drain, all throughout the Chatham Islands.
• The Canterbury Mudfish eat watermilfoil, red pondweed and watercress.

Good websites:

Facts about them,

http://www.mudfish.org.nz/pdf/50factsaboutcantymudfish.pdf

Gideon Canterbury Madfish,

http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/mudfish.pdf

More info,

advice

What do they eat?https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#q=what%20do%20canterbury%20mudfish%20eat&safe=active&ssui=on

How can you help?

http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/freshwater-fish/you-can-help/

   

why I think it is important to keep the Canterbury mud-fish alive and on this earth,

They are cute, wiggly and they are probably the closest thing we have is a snake in the wild in New Zealand, so we need to keep it a life and it eats the food other animals and fish do not.