E whitu ngā momo kōpūtea wai māori kei Aotearoa, nō te whānau Eleotridae:
Tarndale bully (Gobiomorphus alpinus)
pakoko (Gobiomorphus basalis)
upland bully (Gobiomorphus breviceps)
tīpokopoko (Gobiomorphus cotidianus)
toitoi (Gobiomorphus gobioides)
kōpūtea piha pukepoto (Gobiomorphus hubbsi)
kōpūtea pakikau kura (Gobiomorphus huttoni).
He uaua te whakawehe i te nuinga o ngā momo, nō reira me mātua whakamahi e ngā kaipūtaiao ngā karu whakarahi.
Kitea ai ngā kōpūtea i ngā puni kaiao huhua, pēnei i ngā kōawa, ngā awa me ngā roto. O ngā momo e whitu, e toru ngā momo whakawhitiwhiti wai (arā, te bluegill, te redfin me ngā giant bullies), e toru anō ngā momo kāore e whakawhitiwhiti wai (arā, te Cran’s, te upland me te Tarndale bullies). Ko te kōpūtea ka kitea nuitia ngā mea e rua.
He pai te kirihuna o ngā kōpūtea hei huna i a rātou i te one me ngā toka, engari ka kitea e teretere ana i ngā wāhi pāpaku i te ao, i te pō anō hoki.
Ko te rerekē o tēnei momo i te ika ririki, kāore anō kia raru i te tangata, nā konei e kitea whānuitia ana, e mātotoru ana hoki. Kotahi noa iho te momo kei te kīia kua tata te korehāhā. E ai ki te New Zealand Threat Classification System, kua tohua te ‘Tarndale bully’ ki te kōrero ‘kia mataara – kāore e tino kitea ana’, nō te mea, e kitea noatia ana i ētahi pūroto ruarua noa iho nei i te hikuwai o te awa o Clarence me te awa o Wairau, i Te Tauihu-o-Te-Waka-a-Māui. Ko te tōpūtanga o te rohe e noho nei ēnei ika, ko te 0.59 km2. Heoi anō, i te rārangi IUCN, kāore he tino āwangawanga mō ngā ika nei, nā te noho tawhiti rawa, tuawhenura rawa e whakaarotia ana he āhuatanga pai tēnā mō ngā ika nei.
He whakamānawa ki a Stella McQueen, Creative Commons 4.0
