Queer Fish Found
Found by Mr R. J. of Seadown (South Canterburv) recentlv in a clover paddock 10, chains from the nearest water and two miles from the sea a queer specimen of fish has been exciting considerable speculation both upon its origin and on its species. The fish, which has been preserved in formalin by Mr S. Goddard of Temuka. is about five inches long. Something the shape of a bully though of a lighter colour and with, a. slim tapering tail its most noticeable feature is a bal-loon-like swelling on the white stomach, which extends from its nose halfway down its body and. projects some distance on each side. The fish Avas still fresh Avhen found and was evidently not long out .of the water.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 45, 19 February 1946, Page 6
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127Queer Fish Found Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 45, 19 February 1946, Page 6
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