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Inanga (Galaxias maculatus) swimming underwater.

Ko ngā inanga (Galaxias maculatus) ngā momo inanga ka tino kitea. Kitea ai ēnei ki ngā puni kaiao wai māori kei ngā raorao, pēnei i ngā manga me ngā kōawa taha moana, ngā awa, ngā hōpua, ngā roto, ngā wahapū me ngā repo. Ka tere ā-kāhui te inanga. Kitea ai ngā inanga i te awatea e kai ana i ngā ngārara iti.

O ngā momo inanga e rima, e tino mārama ana te mataora o ngā inanga. Ka heke ngā inanga ki ngā wahapū ki te whakaputa hua hei ngā tai nunui i te ngahuru me te hōtoke. Ka whakaputaina ngā hua i ngā otaota kei ngā tapa o te wahapū. Ka piri ngā hua ki ngā mauti mākū, ki ngā toitoi, ki ngā kuta me ngā harakeke, ā, ka whā wiki, ka puta ngā hua i te pupuke o te tai nui. Ka kawea e te waipuke me te tai timu ngā hua iti ki waho, ki te moana ki reira tere ai mō te 4 ki te 6 marama, ko tā rātou he kai i ngā kaiako moroiti e pōteretere ana i te moana. Ka hoki mai ki te wai māori i waenga i te tīmatanga o te kōanga me te tīmatanga o te raumati, ka kaukau whakarunga ā-kāhui te inanga i te awa.

Heoi anō, tērā ētahi momo inanga ka noho pūroto, ka whakatutuki i ō rātou huringa ā-oranga i te wai māori anahe – e kīia ana tēnei he noho pūroto.

Ehara i te mea ka tino tawhiti te terenga o tēnei momo ika ki uta, nō te mea he uaua ki a ia te hipa i ngā tāheke hukahuka, e kore hoki e hipa i ngā hīrere.

He whakamānawa ki a Stella McQueen
 

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