EMR Te ika o te tau | Fish of the Year 2023 Leaderboard: Week 1!
It's the end of Seaweek but our Fish of the Year competition is far from over! To celebrate the end of Seaweek we are excited to announce the leaderboard for week 1! Team elasmobranchs are smashing it with manta rays, great white sharks and basking sharks in the top 5! Our freshwater pals are also making a hit with 4 freshwater fishes making it into the top 10! 🥳
Voting isn't over yet! Voting is open until Friday 31st March! Will your vote be the game changer that shakes things up?
Vote here! www.emr.org.nz/fish
Full leaderboard below:
1. Oceanic manta ray (312 votes)
2. Longfin eels (215 votes)
3. Great white shark (189 votes)
4. Big-bellied seahorse (172 votes)
4. Basking shark (172 votes)
6. Īnanga (116 votes)
7. Lamprey (103 votes)
8. Blue cod (102 votes)
8. John dory (102 votes)
10. Shortjaw kōkopu (101 votes)
11. Porcupine pufferfish (100 votes)
12. Yellowfin kingfish (97 votes)
13. Crested weedfish (92 votes)
14. Snapper (79 votes)
15. Black mudfish (75 votes)
16. Blue-eyed triplefin (71 votes)
17. Butterfish (65 votes)
18. Flounder (64 votes)
19. Torrentfish (62 votes)
20. Goatfish (60 votes)
21. School shark (59 votes)
22. Blue maomao (48 votes)
22. Yellow moray eel (48 votes)
24. Pigfish (47 votes)
25. Anchovies (40 votes)
25. Stargazer (40 votes)
27. Redfin bully (38 votes)
28. Black angelfish (37 votes)
29. Common bully (36 votes)
29. Leatherjacket (36 votes)
31. Hāpuku (34 votes)
31. Scorpion fish (34 votes)
33. Red moki (33 votes)
33. Sandager's wrasse (33 votes)
25. Common triplefin (29 votes)
36. Spotty (22 votes)
36. Trevally (22 votes)
38. Two-spot demoiselles (18 votes)
39. Olive rockfish (14 votes)
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