Kendall Clements from the University of Auckland is New Zealands expert on fish from the drummer family, in fact some of the work he is doing makes him a world expert. Up until relatively recently, it was thought that there was only one species of drummer in New Zealand, the silver drummer. Thanks to Kendall and others, we now know there are at least 4 species here. On our trip to Great Barrier Island last week we speared fish of three different species. The common species, silver drummer, is on the bottom photo. The other fish is an as yet un-named species, Kyphosus bigibbus. If you look at the two fish you can see the differences in the shape of the body, especially the nose, and the shape of the fins. It was neat to be part of science finding more about the biodiversity of New Zealand's seas!
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