RARE VISITOR
A SUNFISH CAUGHT
WELLINGTON, April 8
A sunfish, a very rare visitor to these shores, attracted much attention this morning on the waterfront where it was brought by a fishing launch. The fish was caught in PalUser Bay yesterday on a fishing line by the launch Lobra, and is believed to be the first sunfish ever caught in that locality, as it is usually to be found in the warmer waters of the north.
The fish is ten or twelve feet in length, and nine feet in breadth, and weighs about a ton and a half. It has a, head as big as a whale’s, eyes as big as a man’s fist, and underneath has much the same appearance as a chicken’s breast. Tt has a huge dorsal fin, and a gib fin underneath, and a very short tail.
Some time ago a sunfish was cut in half bv a steamer near the Heads. The sunfish, however, is very seldom seen in the vicinity olf Wellington.
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