RARE FISH REPORTED FROM KAIKOURA.
HAS SAVAGE TEETH AND IS NAMED FEROX
A deep-sea fish, with large recurved teeth like a tiger's, found at Kaikoura, is rare in New Zealand waters, but this is not the first time it has been recorded from New Zealand, a specimen having been noted at Castlepoint on the east coast of Wellington Province some twenty-eight years ago. It is most plentiful in the Western Atlantic, and it has been found at Mad-
Deep-sea fish appear fairly often at Kaikoura, where a current sweeps in from the ocean, and where there is deep water.
This fish with formidable teeth seems to be known in other places as the lancet fish. It is about four feet long, has a big fin on its back, and is scaleless.
In ichthyology it is known as Alepiosaurus ferox, the savage saurian without scales.
The Kaikoura specimen has been sent to Canterbury Museum by Mr Sidford, a resident of that town.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18381, 6 February 1928, Page 9
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