■"■■■■■■■:: .-.. ;■ ■■ ":' :'•■-.„■ '? Mr. Pike, postmaster/ at Wairangi,. Croixellee, telephoned/ states ; the; Kelson. Mail, that a strange large fish has been washed ashore there. It. is 116 ft; long, 15ih in depth, with a narrow body. "J Its hue is bright silver, aid it has, dorsal fins extending the whole length. /At the front end. there are nine spikes from 12in : ,to lain long,. and .they, bend forward over the, creature'* nose, but • they ; are turned' I inwards towards the tips.», Under the | throat there are two dorsal fins sft long j and about |in thick, with a ' round stem ! of similar length with a narrow film running along the edge. At thai extreme end of these fins under the throat 'here are two paddles, coloured red and blue. Them are no fins underneath the whole length of' the belly to the tail.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 7
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