Graham's gudgeon was named in honour of David Graham by Gilbert P. Whitley, who determined from a specimen taken in the Marlborough Sounds that the fish belonged to a newly identified genus. It is not a common fish, but the Maori knew it, and named it “kurahina.”
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Press, Issue 33845, 17 May 1975, Page 10
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47Graham's gudgeon was named in honour of David Graham by Gilbert P. Whitley, who determined from a specimen taken in the Marlborough Sounds that the fish belonged to a newly identified genus. It is not a common fish, but the Maori knew it, and named it “kurahina.” Press, Issue 33845, 17 May 1975, Page 10
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