2012 Flora & Fauna Series $10 Banknote

$10-PURPLE
Size: 141 x 67mm
PAPER BANKNOTE

Front design features Fiji’s endemic Beli (Lever’s Goby). Beli is one of few true freshwater fish, living all its life in fast-running fresh water as it flows over stones to which they often attach. Beli are widespread and found in mid reaches of clear streams on all the high islands, sometimes over a hundred metres above  sea level. They are generally absent from muddy water and are threatened by  alteration in either water flow or water quality. Their presence in any river is an  indicator of good habitat quality and minimal catchment disturbance.

An image of i Buburau-ni-bete (duck dish) is also featured on the front.  Back design features the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva in 1914 and the Joske’s Thumb in the background.