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New Zealand · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
What is the name of the native longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii), the largest freshwater eel in the country, which can live over 100 years and migrates thousands of kilometres to spawn near Tonga?
Answer: Tuna — The longfin eel, known as tuna in te reo Māori, is a taonga species that lives in freshwater rivers and lakes for decades before making a one-way migration to the Pacific to spawn and die.
- A Inanga
- B Kōkopu
- C Piharau
- D Tuna ✓
The longfin eel, known as tuna in te reo Māori, is a taonga species that lives in freshwater rivers and lakes for decades before making a one-way migration to the Pacific to spawn and die.