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Tiny fish that we find as we fossick in the clear waters of NZ rivers. We don't eat them.

[Carren]

Very unusual. I love the foot for comparison sake.

[Nelly]

Oh at first, didn't realize the foot until I saw the nail. Wow that is very tiny fish!

[cheryl]

nice shot for comparing the size. they don't bite??

[Kerri]

Cool

[❀ Lynn]

So cool..looks like something that would be in a fish tank...do they get bigger?

[Jo]

I was trying to work out if that was a hand or foot! Cute little fish and the water looks so clear.

[bkb in the city]

great find

[Maggiemae]

@cheribug I don't think they have teeth, Cheryl!

[Maggiemae]

@lynnb No bigger - in fact this is quite a big one - some of them are no bigger than a tiny pencil!

[Maggiemae]

@joluise The water is so clear - you pick up a rock or stone and they come out from hiding!

[Deb]

Cool photo, Maggiemae. I didn't notice the foot until I read the comments above!

[Sharon Lee]

Cute, great show of it's size with your foot

[Margaret Gozzard]

neat capture this does show the size diffrence perfectly

[Debra Hall]

an interesting shot

[Rick Schies]

Cute little guy he is, and wouldn't offer up too much anyway, unless of course it would be little fish morsels on a stick

[Harry J Benson]

Nice closeup, good use of foot for comparison

[Yvonne]

Wow that is pretty clear water. Glad you showed the size--wow, sure is tiny.

[Pat Knowles]

It doesn't look like your foot is in water but i know how clear your waters are maggiemae! Have never seen one of these tiny fish...are they fish that like the bottom of the rivers, they seem to have a sort of camaflouge skin , you can hardly see them!

[Gillian]

Wow, that's clear! I sort of get the idea, but what is "fossick" ?

[Maggiemae]

@happypat Its not my foot, Pat but a friends and I focused in on the wee fish while it swam around her foot!

[Maggiemae]

@kwiksilver Fossicking is just puddling around, looking, Gillian! Didn't realise it was an unknown word to some!

[Gillian]

@maggiemae Aha, so I've been doing lots of fossicking without realising it ;)