A Starnge Fish
This fish was caught outside the Auckland Harbour from one of the fishing craft. As none of the fishermen are able to identify it it must be a very rare visitor to our coast. It's as ugly as you could make it. The bnck is dirty grey, with red blotches, while underneath there is a great
swelling stomach of a whitish eolour. The fisherman' who caught it feit severe electric; shocks in his arms when hauling it up. Evidently it belongs to the ray family. It measures over four feet long and would be an interesting specimen to procure for the Museum.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XXV, 18 June 1898, Page 775
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105A Starnge Fish New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XXV, 18 June 1898, Page 775
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