CURIOUS FISH
VARYING CHARACTERISTICS CAUGHT OFF COROMANDEL [by telegraph—own correspondent;] THAMES, Friday A peculiar fish, which has not yefc been identified, was caught off Coromandel yesterday by Mr. H. Hayward, in the launch Rose. The fish, which' is 3ft. long, has characteristics pertaining to a barracouta, dogfish, swordfish and stingray. The skin is like that of a barracouta and the lower part of the body like that of a shark or dogfish. Immediately behind the head there are two horizontal "fins and a vertical fin, ending in a sting over a. foot long. Further down the body there are a pair of horizontal fins and a pointed tail like that of a swordfish. The snout protrudes from the head with a piece of flesh resembling a tongue facing toward the mouth, which is devoid of teeth. The bony nose has nostrils similar to those of an animal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 10
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147CURIOUS FISH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 10
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