FLYING FISH ON WHARF
LEAP. FROM HARBOUR MOST UNUSUAL INCIDENT A flying fish about 18in. in length landed on to the Western Wharf early yesterday morning and was secured by a Harbour Board official. It is probably the first time that a fish of any kind has landed on a wharf at Auckland unaided.
When informed of the incident, Mr. L. T. Grif|in, assistant director of the Auckland Museum, stated that although the fish was a large one, it was the common size of one kind of New Zealand flying fish, which is the largest type in the world. There are about four kinds of flying fish in New Zealand waters, but the others are smaller. Flying fish are often seen in the Hauraki Gulf and near the northern coast of New Zealand, but they are very seldom seen in the Itangitoto Channel. It is the first time that Mr. GrifEn has known of a flying fish being caught in the harbour, and he thinks the one caught must have been chased by a large fish to make it" leap out of the water on to the wharf.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21783, 24 April 1934, Page 10
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