Mimiwhangata Lists Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) Phasianus colchicus (pheasant) 1973 - 2004, R.V. Grace & V.C. PLOCEIDAE Kerr Passer domesticus domesticus (house sparrow) RALLIDAE Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus (pukeko) Colour Code for entries STURNIDAE Mimiwhangata Marine Report 1973 Acridotheres tristis(myna) Mimiwhangata Ecological Report 1973 Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris (starling) Marine Report 1976-7 ZOSTEROPIDAE Marine Report 1978 Zosterops lateralis lateralis (waxeye) Environmental Impact Report 1982 Marine Report 1984 Coastal Fish survey 2002 ARDEIDAE Ardea novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (white-faced heron) BIRDS Egretta sacra sacra (blue heron) CHARADRIIDAE Bush Charadrius obscurus ( dotterel) APTERYGIDAE HAEMATOPODIDAE Apteryx australis (brown kiwi) Haematopus unicolor (variable oystercatcher) COLUMBIDAE LARIDAE Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (kereru, native Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus (red-billed gull) pigeon) Larus dominicanus (black-backed gull) CUCULIDAE PHALACROCORACIDAE Chrysococcyx lucidus lucidus (shining cuckoo) Phalacrocorax varius (pied shag) MELIPHAGIDAE Phalacrocorax carbo (black shag) Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (tui) RECURVIROSTRIDAE Anthornis melanura (bellbird) Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus (pied stilt) MUSCICAPIDAE SPHENISCIDAE Gerygone igata (grey warbler) Eudyptula minor (little blue penguin) Rhipidura fuliginosa (fantail) STERNIDAE PLATYCERCIDAE Sterna striata (white fronted tern) Platycercus eximius (eastern rosella) Hydroprogne caspia (caspian tern) STRIGIDAE Ninox novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae Oceanic (morepork) PROCELLARIIDAE Puffinus gavial (fluttering shearwater) Open field & swamp Pachyptila turtur (fairy prion) ACCIPITRIDAE Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) Circus approximans (Australasian harrier) Puffinus carneipes (flesh-footed shearwater) ALAUDIDAE SULIDAE Alauda arvensis arvensis (skylark) Sula bassana serrator (Australasian gannet) ALCEDINIDAE Halcyon sancta vegans (kingfisher) ARDEIDAE Botaurus stellaris poiciloptilus (Australasian bittern) CRACTICIDAE Gymnorhina tibicen (Australian magpie) HIRUNDINIDAE Hirundo tahitica neoxena (welcome swallow) MOTACILLIDAE Anthus novaeseelandiae (New Zealand pipit) MUSCICAPIDAE Turdus philomelos clarkei (song thrush) PHASIANIDAE FRESHWATER STREAMS

Freshwater bullies Freshwater prawns Galaxiidae (whitebait, various species) Koura (freshwater crayfish) Larval stages of caddis flies, stone-flies, mayflies, etc. FISHES (71 species) Dasyatidae Names to be updated according to Francis Dasyatis brevicaudata (short-tailed stingray) (2001) Dasyatis thetidis (long-tailed stingray; 2002) Expected were sharks, sunfish, eels, flyingfish, sprats, clingfish. Diodontidae 2003 Records Allomycterus jaculiferus (porcupine fish) * Foxfish (to be added from video 2002) Gempylidae Conger eel Thyrsites atun (barracouta) Red cod Long-snouted pipefish Kyphosidae Crested weedfish Kyphosus sydneyanus (silver drummer) * * Girella tricuspidata (parore) * * Girella cyanea (bluefish, rare) Labridae Thresher shark celidotus (spotty) * * * Hammerhead shark Notolabrus fucicola (banded ) * Combfish miles (scarlet wrasse) * Piper Notolabrus inscriptus (green wrasse) * Pseudolabrus luculentus (orange wrasse) * * Labracoglossa nitida (blue knifefish) Coris sandageri (sandagers wrasse) * Verreo oxycephalus (red pigfish) * Canthigaster callisternus (sharp-nosed unimaculatus (pigfish) – maybe same as above pufferfish) Prionurus maculata (surgeonfish; juvenile, ciliaris () tropical) * Monacanthidae Aplodactylidae Parika scaber (leatherjacket) * * meandratus (marblefish) * * Aplodactylus etheridgi (notch-headed Mugiloididae marblefish) * * Parapercis colias (blue cod)

Arripididae Mullidae (kahawai) * * Upeneichthys porosus (red mullet/goatfish) * * Parupeneus fraterculus (black-spot goatfish, sub-tropical) * Berycidae Hoplostethus elongatus (slender roughy) Muraenidae Gymnothorax prasinus (yellow moray eel) * Blennidae Blennius laticlavius (crested blenny) Myliobatidae Myliobatus tenuicaudatus (eagle ray) * * * Carangidae Caranx lutescens (trevally) * Odacidae Decapterus koheru (koheru) * * * Coridodax pullus (butterfish) * Seriola lalandi (kingfish) * * Trachurus novaezelandiae (jack mackerel) Pempheridae Pempheris adspersus (bigeye) * Cheilodactylidae spectabilis () * * * * Pomacentridae Cheilodactylus ephippium (painted moki) * Parma alboscapularis (black angelfish) * Cheilodactylus douglasi () * * Chromis dispilis (demoiselle) * Chromis hypsilepis (single-spot demoiselle) Chironemidae Chromis sp. (yellow demoiselle) Chironemus marmoratus (/hiwihiwi) * * Scorpaenidae Scorpaena cardinalis (Northern scorpionfish) * Helicolenas papillosus (sea perch)

Scorpidae Scorpis lineolatus (sweep) Scorpis violaceus (blue maomao) * * *

Serranidae Ellerkeldia huntii (redbanded perch) * Caesioperca lepidoptera (butterfly perch) Caprodon longimanus (pink maomao) Epinephelus daemelii (spotted black grouper) * *

Sparidae Pagrus auratus (snapper) * * *

Sphyrnidae Sphyrna zygaena (hammerhead shark)

Trichonotidae Limnichthys randalli (sand fish)

Tripterygiidae Tripterygion sp. C. (oblique swimming blenny) * Tripterygion sp. B. (yellow/black blenny) Tripterygion varium (mottled blenny) Gilloblennius tripennis (spectacled blenny) Species undetermined (saber-tooth blenny, single specimen) Trachelochismus sp.

Zeidae Zeus japonicus (john dory) * *

MAORI MIDDEN SHELLS

Amphidesma subtriangulatum (tua-tua) (still on sandy shores) Cellana ornata (still on rocky shores) Cellana radians (still on rocky shores) Chione stutchburyi (common , nearest habitat probably Whangaruru) Cominella maculosa (still on rocky shores) Cominella virgata (still on rocky shores) Cookia sulcata (herbivorous turban, still on rocky shores) Crassostrea glomerata (rock oyster) (still on rocky shores) Dosinia anus (offshore on sandy bottom) Haliotis australis (still on rocky shores) Haustrium haustorium (still on rocky shores) Lunella smaragda (cats-eye) (still on rocky shores) Melagraphia aethiops (still on rocky shores) Tawera spissa (offshore on sandy bottom) Thais orbita (still on rocky shores)

DRIFT SHELLS Anomia walteri M Some names need updating. Atrina zelandica M Bassina yatei P M P = Pa Point shell beach Chione stutchburyi (cockle/tuangi) M 0 * M = Mimiwhangata beach Chlamys zelandiae (fan shell) P 0 * 0 - Okupe Beach Crassostrea glomerata P M 0 Divaricella huttoniana P GASTROPODS Dosinia anus P M 0 * Alcithoe arabica P M Dosinia subrosea M * Amalda australis P Gari lineolata M Anisodiloma lugubris P laticostata 0 * Buccinulum lineum P Longimactra elongata (mactra shell)? Cantharidus purpureus P Macomona liliana M Cellana ornata P Mactra discors M Cellana radians P 0 Modiolus areolatus (fringed mussel) P M * Cellana stellifera P Myadora striata M 0 Charonia rubicunda 0 Panopea zelandica M Cirostrema zelebori P Paphirus largillierti M Cominella adspersa P M Pecten novaezelandiae (large Queen scallop) P M 0 * Cominella maculosa P Perna canaliculus (green mussel) M 0 * Cominella virgata P Ryanella impacta P M Cookia sulcata 0 Spisula aequilateralis (triangle shell) Haliotis australis P M Tawera spissa (morning-star shell) P M 0 * Haliotis iris P M 0 Venericardia purpurata P 0 Haliotis virginea P M 0 Xenostrobus pulex (small mussel) Haminoea zelandiae M Zearcopagia disculus M Haustrum haustorium P Lepsiella scobina P Lunella smaragda (cat’s eye) P M * Maoricrypta costata P M 0 Maoriculpus roseus P M Maurea punctulata P M Maurea tigris M Mayena australasia P M Melagraphia aethiops P Monoplex australasiae 0 Nerita melanotragus P corticata P Penion adustus M Quibulla quoyana P M Scutus breviculus M Serpulorbis zelandicus P Sigapatella novaezelandiae P M 0 Spirula spirula Stephopoma roseum P Struthularia papulosa P M 0 Thais orbita P 0 Trochus viridis P Tugali elegans P Zeacumantus subcarinatus M Zethalia zelandica (wheel shell)

BIVALVES Amphidesma subtriangulatum (tuatua) P M 0 * Amphidesma ventricosum (toheroa) 0 * Angulus gaimardi M INVERTEBRATES Solandaria sp. (3m, sheltered ‘detrital’ zone, shallow surge channels) Arthropoda Unidentified zoanthis

Insecta Polychaeta Philanisus plebeius (marine caddis fly) Aglaophamus macroura * Armandia maculata Crustacea Axiothella australis * Calantica villosa (stalked ) Euchone sp. (small fan worm) Chamaesipho brunnea (high level surf barnacle) Eunice Chamaesipho columna (small barnacle, Glycera americana * sheltered detrital zone) Hemipodus Elminius modesta (small barnacle) Lumbrinereis sphaerocephala * Epopella plicata (large ribbed barnacle) Magelona papillicornis * Orbinia papillosa * Pectinaria australis Cirolana Perinereis sp. Decapoda (hermit ) Sigalion Jasus edwardsi (spiny red crayfish; surge Unidentified Nereids channels, deep canyons and gullies) * * Unidentified Sabellids Jasus verrauxi (green crayfish; surge channels, deep canyons and gullies; now rare) Echinodermata Leptograpsus variegatus (large shore ) Squilla (mantis shrimps) * Apoda Ovalipes (swimming crab) Astropecten polyacanthus (comb-star) Ozius truncatus (black finger crab) Astrostole scabra (giant seven-armed starfish, shallow surge Paleamon affinis (shrimp) channels) Plagusia capensis (large red rock crab, shallow Amphiura (brittle stars; Porae Point) surge channels)? Centrostephanus rodgersii (3-4m, large purple-spined urchin, Pyromaia tuberculata (Californian spider crab; sheltered ‘detrital’ zone, shallow surge channels) * import via Japan) Coscinasterias calamaria (eleven-armed star) Scyphax Evechinus chloroticus (, 0-10m, sheltered ‘detrital’ Tanaidacea zone, medium depth) * * Unidentified Callianassid (pink, burrowing Fellaster (sand dollar) ghost shrimp; Australian import) Goniocidaris corona (small club-spined urchin) Heliocidaris tuberculata (brown sea urchin) Brachiopoda Holopneustes inflatus (pink tennis-ball urchin) Holothuria (sea-cucumber, soft-bottom) Articulata (lampshells, including small red Knightaster bakeri (brilliant yellow starfish, very deep) * brachiopod specimen) Ophidiaster kermadecensis (yellow and brown starfish) Terebratella inconspicua (red lamp shell) Ophidiaster mcknighti (cream and brown starfish, very deep) – maybe the same as above Coelenterata Patiriella regularis (cushion star) Stegnaster inflatus (starfish, sheltered ‘detrital’ zone 0-10m) Actinothoe albocincta (white anemone, shallow Stichopus mollis (sea cucumber, echinoderm, sheltered ‘detrital’ surge channels) zone 0-10m) Antipatharian coral (black coral) Corynactis haddoni (jewel anemones; deep winding canyons) Culicea rubeola (encrusting coral) Amphineura Monomyces rubrum (cup coral) Amaurochiton glaucus Oculina virgosa (ivory coral, deep, east of Craspedochiton rubiginosus Rimariki Island) * Craspedochiton rubiginosus (small , soft-bottom) Primnoides sp. (gorgonian fan, deep, east of Eudoxochiton nobilis (large chiton, sublittoral fringe exposed Rimariki Island) * rocky shores) Guildingia obtecta (large chiton, sublittoral Stiracolpus pagoda (screw shells, sand offshore) fringe of exposed rocky shores) Thais orbita (rocky shores) Ischnochiton maorianus Xenophalium labiatum (helmet shell) Notoplax violacea Zegalerus tenuis (small slipper shell) Sypharochiton pelliserpentis (snakeskin chiton) Amphidesma subtriangulatum (tua-tua) * * Amalda australis Arthritica bifurca Amalda novaezelandiae Chione stutchburyi () Antisolarium egenum Corbula zelandica (little basket cockle) Astraea heliotropum (turbinid) Crassostrea glomerata (rock oyster) * * * Bullina lineata (red-lined bubble shell) Crassotrea gigas (pacific oyster) Cellana ornata (, littoral zone) Cuna sp. Cellana radians (limpet, littoral zone) Dosinia anus (offshore on sandy bottom) Cellana stellifera (limpet, subtidal) Dosinia subrosea (channel b/w Rimariki Is. and the mainland) * Charonia rubicunda (large trumpet) Fellaniella zelandica Cominella adspersa (carnivorous whelks, sand Gari lineolata offshore) * Gari stangeri Cominella maculosa (rocky shores) Glycymeris laticostata (large ) * Cominella quoyana (carnivorous whelk, sand (small dog cockle) offshore) Gomphina maorum * Cominella virgata (rocky shores) Longimactra elongata (juv) * Cookia sulcata (herbivorous turban, rocky Modiolus areolatus (fringed mussel) * * shores) Myadora boltoni Haliotis australis (rocky shores) Myadora striata Haustrium haustorium (rocky shores) Mytilus edulis aoteanus (blue mussel) Hydatina physis (lined bubble shell) Nucula nitidula Lepsiella scobina (snail; oyster borer, rocky Perna canaliculus (green mussel) * shores) Scalpomactra Lunella smaragda (cat’s eye shell, littoral Soletellina nitida (juv) zone/sub-littoral fringe) Tawera spissa (morning star shell, sandy bottom) * Marginella pygmaea Xenostrobus pulex (small mussel) * Maurea punctulata (deep canyons and gullies) Ascidians Maurea tigris (deep canyons and gullies) Asterocarpa caerulea (ascidian) Melagraphia aethiops (snail, rocky shores) Entalophora sp. (finely-branching coral-like bryozoan) Melagraphia oliveri (snail, littoral fringe) Sigillinaria arenosa (colonial ascidian) Micrelenchus rufozonus (sublittoral fringe) Steganoporella neozelania (bryozoan, deep sheltered, deep Nassarius spiratus (whelk) canyons and gullies) Neoguraleus interruptus Nerita melanotragus (Black Nerita snail, littoral Forams zone) * Ammonia becarrii Notoacmea parviconoidea (limpet) Angulogerina Notoacmea pileopsis (limpet, littoral fringe) Bolivina compacta (Sidebottom) Notoacmea scopulina (limpet, littoral fringe) Bolivina pseudoplicata (Heron-Allen and Eurland) Notoacmea sp. Brizalina sp. (limpet, littoral zone) Buliminella Pervicacia tristis Cassidulina spp. Pterotyphis eos paupereques (rare carnivorous Cibicides sp. gastropod) Discorbis dimidiatus (Parker and Jones) Pupa kirki (sediments offshore) Elphidium argenteum (Parr) Sea slugs (deep canyons and gullies) Elphidium charlottensis (Vella) Sigapatella novaezelandiae (circular slipper Elphidium novozealandicum (Cushman) shell, subtidal rocks) Elphidium simplex (Cushman) Siphonaria zelandica (limpet, very exposed Fissurine spp. rocky shores) Notorotalia Small rissoids (sublittoral fringe) Oolina Patellinella inconspicua (Brady) Bodianus unimaculatus Pigfish Pseudopolymorphina sp. Labridae Quinqueloculina seminula (porcellaneous form) Rosalina sp. Cheilodactylus spectabilis Red moki Cheilodactylidae Porifera Chironemus marmoratus Hiwihiwi Chironemidae Ancorina alata (massive grey sponge, deep) Chromis dispilus Demoiselle Aplysilla rosea (pink sponge – deep winding canyons) Pomacentridae Callyspongia ramosa (tall fan-shaped sponge, Coris sandageri Sandagers wrasse deep) Labridae Cliona celata (yellow encrusting sponge) Decapterus koheru Koheru Desmacidon (tall orange branching sponge, very Carangidae deep, east of Rimariki Island) Iophon (tall yellow branching sponge, very Epinephelus daemelii Spotted black grouper deep, east of Rimariki Island) Serranidae Polymastia fusca (brown massive sponge) Girella tricuspidata Parore Polymastia granulosa (massive yellow sponge, Girellidae medium sheltered, deep) Gymnothorax prasinus Yellow moray Raspailia sp. (orange branching sponge, deep, east of Rimariki Island) Muraenidae Siphonochalina latituba (mauve branching tube Kyphosus sydneyanus Silver drummer sponge, shallow surge channels) Kyphosidae Stelleta crater (massive sponge) Myliobatus tenuicaudatus Eagle ray Stelleta hauraki (massive crimson bowl-shaped Myliobatidae sponge) Tethya aurantium (orange golf ball sponge) douglasii Porae Tethya ingalli (pink golf ball sponge) Cheilodactylidae Notolabrus celidotus Spotty Labridae Notolabrus fucicola Banded wrasse From Auck Uni Mimiwhangata 2002 Report Labridae (Need to check with overall list) Obliquichthys maryannae Oblique swimming triplefins Tripterygiidae Odax pullus Butterfish Odacidae Table 4. Scientific name, species, and family of fish species observed in underwater visual Pagrus auratus Snapper census at Mimiwhangata, April 2002. Sparidae Parika scaber Leatherjacket

Monacanthidae Parma alboscapularis Black angelfish Scientific name Species Pomacentridae Family Pempheris adspersus Bigeye Pempheridae Allomycterus jaculiferus Porcupinefish Pseudolabrus luculentus Orange wrasse Diodontidae Labridae Aplodactylus arctidens Marblefish Pseudolabrus miles Scarlet wrasse Aplodactylidae Labridae Arripis trutta Kahawai Scorpaena cardinalis Northern scorpionfish Arripadae Scorpaenidae Scorpis lineolatus Sweep Scorpidae Scorpis violaceus Blue Maomao Scorpidae Seriola lalandi Kingfish Carangidae Trachurus novaezelandiae Jack mackerel Carangidae Upeneichthys lineatus Goatfish Mullidae

ALGAE

‘Coralline paint’ (thin encrusting seaweed, sheltered ‘detrital’ zone, shallow exposed zone, medium depth) Asparagopsis (red alga) Carpophyllum angustifolium (tough brown algae; shallow exposed zone, shallow surge channels) Carpophyllum flexuosum (sheltered ‘detrital’ zone) Carpophyllum maschalocarpum (sheltered ‘detrital’ zone, shallow surge channels) Carpophyllum plumosum Champia (red seaweed, shallow water, broken rocky bottom) Ecklonia radiata () (sheltered ‘detrital’ zone, medium depth, deep canyons and gullies) Gigartina alveata (exposed intertidal rocks near sand) Gigartina circumcincta (red alga) Hormosira banksii (Neptune’s necklace; intertidal semisheltered rocks) Landsburgia quercifolia (oak-leaf weed; exposed, shallow subtidal rock) Lessonia variegata (shallow exposed zone, deep canyons and gullies) Lithothamnia (coralline seaweed) Lophurella Melanthalia abscissa (red) Nemastoma Pachymenia hymantophora Pterocladia lucida (‘agar’ weed; sheltered ‘detrital’ zone, shallow surge channels) Sargassum sinclairii (out from Pa Point, low relief rock bottom) Vidalia colensoi (serrated-leaved red algae, shallow surge channels) Xiphophora chondrophylla (sheltered ‘detrital’ zone ; exposed low tidal rocks)