Cheimarrichthys fosteri
No common name
Collection Details
Specimens
Photos
There are no photos available for this taxon yet.
Records
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Trachiniformes (Sandfishes)
Cheimarrichthyidae (Torrentfish)
Cheimarrichthys
Cheimarrichthys fosteri
Description
This species account was compiled from
FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.)
and processed using AI-assisted text extraction.
It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page.
Learn more about our species accounts.
Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater, brackish, marine. demersal. Found in: streams.
Biology
Amphidromous. Occurs in rivers, but young are found from the sea.
Max length: 15.0 cm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU), assessed 2014-08-13.
References
Nelson, J.S. (1984) Fishes of the world. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 523 p.
McDowall, R.M. (1990) Freshwater fishes and fisheries of New Zealand -The angler's el dorado. Aquat. Sci. 2(2):281-341.
Glova, G.J., P.M. Sagar and C.R. Docherty (1987) Diel feeding periodicity of torrentfish (Cheimarrichthys fosteri) in two braided rivers of Canterbury, New Zealand. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 21(4):555-561.
Comments On Cheimarrichthys fosteri