![Diagram of the inanga life cycle.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/000/463/full/RWR_SCI_ART_04_Whitebait_LifeCycle_no_macron.jpg?1674164349)
Inanga usually live for 1 year, with 6 months of that is spent at sea – floating as part of the ocean’s plankton mass – before they return to the rivers and move upstream to live in freshwater, where they grow into adults.
Inanga usually live for 1 year, with 6 months of that is spent at sea – floating as part of the ocean’s plankton mass – before they return to the rivers and move upstream to live in freshwater, where they grow into adults.