A STRANGE FISH.
EXTRAORDINARY CATCH IN
BAY OF PLENTY
(Speoiaj to the Times.) , OPOTIKI, Novi 9i A most extraordinary looking, fish has been caught in a net by A. Moko moko in the sea just outside Opo* tiki. The fish is two feet long and weighs slb. No one here can identify 'the species. The most peculiar feature is that the fish has three distinct mouths, each with a selt of teeth. Two of the mouths are under the stomach arid nearer to the tail end than the head. It also has six fins. There is a breathing hole on the top of the head and another under the stomach*. • " ,; The fish appears to be a cross be* tween a swordfish and a shark, as it has a small sWord in the front of the head, but the tail end is more of the shark. Mr V. Savage, the eighty-six-yctar-old veteran/ who has s&en* every
species of fish caught in these waters for , many years, is quite unable to. identify this specimen. He Has had it frozen in, ice by Mr Rennett, and will; be sending if to the Auckland Mjusoium next boatV :
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10740, 10 November 1928, Page 2
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193A STRANGE FISH. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10740, 10 November 1928, Page 2
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