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WITH reference to Mr. Colin Matheson's records of rare marine fish in British waters1, it is worth recording that on October 11, 1949, a globe-fish (Lagocephalus lagocephalus L.) was found dead at the pier, Dingle, County Kerry. Two days previously it had been seen apparently swimming aimlessly around. In the meantime it had received several shot wounds. It is interesting to note that, according to the Fishing News9, another specimen of this species was found off Mousehole Harbour in Cornwall, it having been seen in similar circumstances to the Dingle specimen a few days earlier.
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Nature, 165, 193 (1950).
Fishing News, Nov. 6, 1949.
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WENT, A. Recent Irish Records of Rare Fish. Nature 165, 1025 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1651025a0
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