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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 April 1922, Page 5

Fish stories are prevalent in Hawaii, as elsewhere. Some of them arc even believed. For instance, the Honolulu Press recently carried the yarn of a fish unknown to scirnee being caught in Hawaiian waters. The strange specimen was caught in 1200 feet of water about 13 miles off Waianno Beach, Island ot Oahu, by a Japanese fisherman. It. was on exhibition for some time at the Aala fish markets. The. fish weighed about 150 pounds, and was flat and almost circular in shape. Its generally silver hue. was relieved with fins and snout of scarlet, and the dorsal, about 18 inches long, was spoiled with big while dots. J’rofessor C. H. Edmondson, of the university of Hawaii, and an authority on fish, could not classify (he find. Mo great was the curiosity aroused at the local market that a sharp-minded fellow erected a booth and charged a small fee for a peep at the freak. Ho did a thriving business.