Another “Pelorous Jack?”
before > xjauy nmes' that for the past r . three months a fish not seen m Moeraki waters has been act- — - nets ucen acting as pilot to the fishing fleet. After coming in from the fishing grounds the boats usually pick up the pilot about 3 ilf a mile from the harbour. Its length is from twelve to fourteen feet, and its girth about five feet. It has a dorsal fin about eighteen inches long, and its back is of a sepia shade, ranging almost to black, while its under surface is pure white. It has a long taper ing nose, which is about six inches wide at the end. The fish is very friendly, and when a launch is stationary it will stay with it for an hour ~r two, coming within three feet of it. and rolling on his hack. One of the pioneer fishermen at Moeraki suggested that it might be a white whale, which attains a length of about four teen feet. Another experienced fisher man, Mr J. D. Hepburn, who is well versed in such matters, thinks that it is a fish of the same species of Pelorous .Tack, and the Moeraki fishermen have therefore named it Moeraki Jack.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18772, 30 May 1929, Page 8
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206Another “Pelorous Jack?” Star (Christchurch), Issue 18772, 30 May 1929, Page 8
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