New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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FRIGATE TUNA AUXIS THAZARD IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS (NOTE)

P. E. Roberts

D. Eggleston

G. D. James

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, P.O. Box 19-062, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract Previous records of the frigate tuna Auxis lhazard (Laoepede, 1802) were probably misidentifications of the slender tuna Allothunnus fallai. Frigate tuna were caught on the north-east coast of New Zealand during 1975-76; the modal fork length of 176 specimens was 32-34 cm, and more detailed morpho-metry and counts from 4 specimens are presented.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 11 (1) : 163-7. March 1977
Received 23 August 1976.

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