CATFISH ON SHOW
A LIVE SPECIMEN The secretary of the Westland Acclimatisation Society, .Mr. A. C. Armstrong, had on view in his shop in Hokitika recently a live specimen of a catfish caught in Lake Mahinapua. The iisli was about Llii). long and weighed about J Jib. The fish was taken on a hook baited with a common wood grub. When caught it emitted a noise very similar io the meow of a cat. Its eyes also shone like a cat's at night when a light was directed 011 it. Catfish were introduced into Lake Mapo'urika from the United States about .'35 years ago and very few have been caught, probably because the lake is unsuitable for fishing, as it is covered to a large extent by the water hyacinth, introduced from America at the same time as the catfish.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23269, 11 February 1939, Page 14
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