| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | Ref. | ||
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | No | ||
| Brackish | No | ||
| Saltwater | Yes | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989 |
| Comments |
Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). There are reports (Ref. 1290, 2863) on the population dynamics of this species in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand. |
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| States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html | ||