New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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BROADBILLED SWORDFISH FROM TASMAN BAY, NEW ZEALAND (NOTE)

B. F. Webb

Fisheries Laboratory, Marine Department, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract On 4 January 1971 a solitary specimen of the broadbilled swordfish Xiphias gladius Linneaus (Osteichthyes: Xiphiidae) was shot in Croisilles Harbour (41° 04' S, 173° 40' E). This was the first time the species has been recorded in the Tasman Bay area.

Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6 (1 & 2) : 206-7
(Received for publication 27 August 1971)

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