The Northland mudfish has completed a remarkable victory in Fish of the Year 2026, having first taken the lead with less than 24 hours left to run. It takes the crown from the blobfish, whose viral ...

The Northland mudfish may be New Zealand’s Fish of the Year, but it won’t be replacing the Taniwha as the name of the Northland rugby team. The tiny, mud-dwelling fish from Northland pulled off a last ...

The Northland Mudfish has been crowned Fish of the Year in the fifth annual Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust competition. Fifty hours out from today’s final announcement, it was sitting in fifth ...

A deeply unglamorous and rarely seen creature that spends most of its life in mud has pulled off a last-minute upset by winning the title of Fish of the Year. The Northland mudfish was not even in the ...