A REMARKABLE FISH.
The Scientific Amen can says that there was lately on exhibition in Boston a fish caught about twelve miles from the Isles of Shoals, by Wallace Wright, of the fishing schooner Jennie P. Phillips, from Swampscott. At the time of its capture it was 15 feet long, and weighed 2,430 pounds. In its stomach were found a codfish weighing 50 pounds, two smaller cods, and two coots. It had a large month, containing seven rows of sharp teeth, and in general appearance was something like a shark, but what is most singular is the fact of its being uncommonly well supplied with respiratory organs. It had not only a mouth, but gills, nostrils, and blow holes. Whilst on exhibition at Lynn the fish was examined by several scientific gentlemen, but no one has been able to classify it.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 402, 18 June 1881, Page 3
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141A REMARKABLE FISH. Temuka Leader, Issue 402, 18 June 1881, Page 3
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