| Occurrence | questionable | ||
| Importance | Ref. | ||
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | No | ||
| Brackish | No | ||
| Saltwater | Yes | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref. | Mallefet, J., D.W. Stevens and L. Duchatelet, 2021 |
| Comments |
Some accounts may be referring to other species of Etmopterus (Ref. 87957): First record recorded in the Chathams Island (Ref. 45493); recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461); voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755); reported from Ref. 247, 26346, 31367, 75154. |
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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 | ||