River and stream animals
kōura
fish
Macroinvertebrate
insects
thai water striders
Damselfly
Mayfly
Water Striders/pond skaters
stoneflies,
mosquitoes
dragonflies
Red dragonflies
Blue dragonflies
Habitat: they live in southern and central parts of Europe.
food: mosquitoes, ants, flies, fleas, butterflies Etc.
Pray: insects like mosquito and mallfly laver.
Habitat: Clam bodies of water, Marsh, Slow Moving waterways and ditches in warm places.
Bush giant dragonfly
Habitat: in western parts of each island and especially the West Coast. There found in damp areas of native forest.
Pray: Rats, Kingfishers, and sometimes wasps.
food: adults eat mostly flying insects and the larvae eat insects in the water and sometimes small fish
Habitat: adults live by water and the larvae live in water by plants
and rocks
food: They eat insects and larvae on the water like mosquitoes and dragonflys. They have smaller front legs than the other type for holding prey.
food:
Habitat: coastal areas and in the ocean
Habitat: when mayflys are young they live in clean water until they are adults in nz but in other places they live in the water forever.
Food: they eat insects and larvae on the water like mosquitoes and dragonflys.
habitat: groups of them stick together in still water on the sides of rivers or streams.
food: mayfly larvae plant material and the young stonefly larvae eat algae.
Habitat: big stones or sharp gravel in water with lots of oxygen they stay away from still water.
food: nectar, aphid honeydew, plant juices, other species drink blood.
habitat: basically every where near water and inhabited places
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Eels
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long fin eels
short fin eels
Habitat: Long fin Eels live in rivers, lakes and wetlands until they leave to Tonga to breed
Habitat: They live in lakes, dams and coastal rivers of southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific, including New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Howe Island, Tahiti, and Fiji.
Food: insect larvae,worms and water snails. The same as the long fined eel.
Food: insect larvae, worms and also water snails.
Description: Long fin Eels are one of the largest eels in the world. There able to live on land for up to 2 days they breath through there skin to do this. They also hide on boulders and logs
Description: the short fin eel, is one of the 15 species of eel of the family Anguilladue.
snails
Powelliphanta
Habitat: They live in the North Island Lake Waikaremoana to the Kapiti Coast, and in the South Island.
Food: There carnivores so they like to eat things like earth worms witch they slurp up through there mouth they also eat slugs
Description:
Habitat: freshwater rivers, lakes and streams
blue cod
Habitat: in New Zealand waters. more abundant south of Cook Strait and the Chatham Islands
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Food: They tend to eat pilchards, sprats, mullet, rock cod, red pig fish, mussels and crabs.