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Engraulis mordax
The species is an allien to New Zealand/south Pacific waters, but it was washed at Houghton bay...I believe that local fishermen buy frozen Northern anchovies for bait, and someone, must have dropped some...
Spotted on Oct 12, 2012
Submitted on Oct 12, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks dear @Jolly :)
Very interesting find Despina.
I believe it's the only explanation, there's no anchovies in NZ waters...
If your theory is right that makes a weird 'out-of-place' spotting.