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.