The
ahuru (
Auchenoceros punctatus) is a small deepwater fish, the only fish of the genus
Auchenoceros, found on the east coast of
New Zealand. Its length is about 13 centimetres.
It has a blunt snout, and a first dorsal fin reduced to a single elongate ray that overlaps the origin of the second dorsal fin.
The colour is a uniform pale pink-white. They are found over sand and mud bottoms in inshore waters around much of New Zealand.
References
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8