LARGE FLYING FISH
CAPTURE IN TASMAN GIFT MADE TO MUSEUM An unusually large flying fish recently landed on the deck of the Kaikorai when she was about a day's steam from Sydney. The chief officer secured the fish and, recognising its unusual proportions, put it into the ship's cooler. When 'the Kaikorai reached Wellington the flying fish was sent to the Dominion Museum. The officials there were glad to have it, since it is the largest specimen recorded of Cvpselurus Melanocercus, which is the Latin name for the species of flying fish found in these latitudes. It measures 17inches from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail, and it has a remarkably large spread of fin with which it "flies" or rather glides. Before the specimen is finally pickled for preservation, a plaster cast is being made of it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23083, 7 July 1938, Page 15
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