3. A gurnard, received from Mr. Hamilton, of Napier, was exhibited. Sir James Hector said it was probably the true Trigla vanessa of Richardson, which has been confounded with another fish from Tasmania, figured in Professor McCoy's “Zoology of Victoria.” There were three species of the gurnard already known in New Zealand, and this probably made a fourth.
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 22, 1889, Page 530
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58Remarks on a Specimen of Gurnard (Trigla, vanessa ?) Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 22, 1889, Page 530
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