GIANT ROCK COD.
OVER FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS PRESERVED IN A MUSEUM. A giant rock cod, or Queensland groper, 7ft. long, and weighing 4411b., caught at Maclean on the Clarence River, has been presented to the Australian Museum, and is believed to be the largest preserved specimen of its kind in the world. It will bo exhibited in a glass case at the museum. It is now being prepared and will bo displayed within a few weeks. These fish are found in areas extending from the coast of New South Wales to the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines and India. It has been known to attack native pearl divers in the north when groping among cavernous locks. The examination of some old wrecks to the north of Australia is feared owing to the presence of the monsters. A specimen which was caught in the Clarence River some years ago was examined by Mr. D. G. Stead. It weighed 4131b. and in tho stomach were between 751b. and 801b. of butter-fish, weighing about 21b. each. The last specimen treated at the Australian Museum was to the order of the Fijian Government. It was 6ft. 9in. long and weighed 3501b., and is in tho museum in Dunedin. The biggest fish of the kind reported measured 7ft. 2in.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20219, 2 April 1929, Page 11
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213GIANT ROCK COD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20219, 2 April 1929, Page 11
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