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Evening Post" Photo. RARE. VISITOR TO NEW ZEALAND WATERS.—This strange sea visitor attracted much attention on the waterfront yesterday morning. It is a sunfish (Mola Mota) and was caught off the fishing launch, Lobra, in Palliser Bay. The fish is from 8 to 9 feet in length and iveighs almost three-quarters of a tori. Some-idea of the size of the fish can be gained from the picture on the right, which shows the monster occupying the whole floor space of the lorry. The photograph on the left shows it being hoisted on to the lorry. The fish was acquired byt the Wellington Museum, and a piaster east<-pj[is was made this morning. ,k ' ■ ' . ■ '_J (Evening Post, 09 April 1930)
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- Evening Post" Photo. RARE. VISITOR TO NEW ZEALAND WATERS.—This strange sea visitor attracted much attention on the waterfront yesterday morning. It is a sunfish (Mola Mota) and was caught off the fishing launch, Lobra, in Palliser Bay. The fish is from 8 to 9 feet in length and iveighs almost three-quarters of a tori. Some-idea of the size of the fish can be gained from the picture on the right, which shows the monster occupying the whole floor space of the lorry. The photograph on the left shows it being hoisted on to the lorry. The fish was acquired byt the Wellington Museum, and a piaster east<-pj[is was made this morning. ,k ' ■ ' . ■ '_J (Evening Post, 09 April 1930)
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