New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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SQUID MANDIBLES FROM THE STOMACHS OF SPERM WHALES (PHYSETER CATODON L.) CAPTURED IN THE COOK STRAIT REGION OF NEW ZEALAND

D. E. Gaskin*
M. W. CAWTHORN

Fisheries Research Division, Marine Department, Wellington

Abstract The lower mandibles of squid in the stomachs of two sperm whales examined at the Tory Channel whaling station in 1963-4 were separated into 11 types according to a system of grouping devised by the authors and based on a key drawn up by M. R. Clarke.

N.Z. Jl mar. Freshwat. Res. 1: 59-70
(Received for publication 11 November 1966)

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