FISH ACTS AS PILOT.
ANOTHER " PELORUS JACK."
NEW-COMER IN OTAGO WATERS
A Moeraki correspondent of tho Otago Daily Times states that for the past two or three months a fish not seen before in Moeraki waters has been acting as pilot to tho fishing fleet. After coming in from the fishing grounds the boats usually pick up the pilot about half-a-mile from the hai'bour. . Its length is from 12ft. to 14ft., and its girth about sft. It has a dorsal fin about ISin. long, and its back is of a sepiai shade, ranging almost to black, while its under surface is pure white. It has a long tapering nose, which is about 6in. wide at the end.
The fish is very friendly and when a launch is stationary it will stay with it for an hour or two, coming within 3ft. of it and rolling on its back. One of the pioneer fishermen at Moeraki suggested that it might bo a white whale, which attains a length of about 14ft. Another experienced fisherman, Mr. J. D. Hepburn, who is well versed in such matters, says he thinks that it is a fish of tho same species as Pelorus Jack. The Moeraki fishermen have therefore named the fish " Moeraki Jack."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20271, 3 June 1929, Page 11
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209FISH ACTS AS PILOT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20271, 3 June 1929, Page 11
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