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A SPECIMEN of the Silvery Hair-tail (Trichiurus lepturus) was taken this morning at Seaton. It measures 2 feet 2 inches in length, and is in very good preservation, being only slightly injured on one side of the head. A specimen from the Collection of the late Mr. F. W. L. Ross, in this museum, is about the same size, and was taken on 6th August, 1852, off the Start Point, Devon. The recorded instances in which this remarkable fish has occurred on the British coasts are very few, and the specimens obtained have generally been much injured. The present specimen was brought to me to name by Mr. Frank Gosden, of the West of England Fish and Game Company, Queen Street, Exeter.
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D'URBAN, W. A Rare Fish. Nature 3, 107 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/003107c0
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