A PECULIAR FISH.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 2, 26 March 1920, Page 13

A PECULIAR FISH.

A peculiar fish .was caught by a trawler off the Long Lookout, Banks Peninsula, which the Lyttelton fishermen have so far failed to identify. The stranger is a female, and is coloured similar to a porpcise, black on top, running to white underneath, and has also the round appearance of a porpoise. It has a snout and mouth underneath, similar to a shark, and has no blow-hole, so that it is not a surfaae fish. Underneath just behind the large, gilh, are two large lateral fins, each 12in in width. There are also two small lateral fins, 4in in width, near the tail, and a large dorsal fin. The body of the fish is about 3ft 6in long froni snout to where the tail begins. This tail is the most peculiar part about the fish. It is a ribbon-like strueture, 2in in width and 4ft 6in in length, that is, longer than the Dody of the fish, and is greyish in colour.