Torrentfish
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The torrentfish, or panoko, is an amphidromous freshwater ray-finned fish that is endemic to New Zealand. Torrentfish are well adapted to life in shallow, fast-flowing riffles and rapids. They grow to
Cheimarrichthys fosteri
Labriformes
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Labriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes within the clade Percomorpha. Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within the Perciformes while others include more families within
Torrentfish
…and the family Cheimarrichthyidae. It is most closely related to the sandperches in the family Pinguipedidae. It is the only member of the order Labriformes that inhabits freshwater habitats. Torrentfish are stocky, with a flattened underside, arched back and a broad, downward-tapering head with eyes set…
Labrus bimaculatus
Uranoscopus scaber