Australian Museum Journal Skeleton of Luvarus imperialis, Rafinesque. (A fish new to the western Pacific fauna)
- Shortform:
- Waite, 1902, Rec. Aust. Mus. 4(7): 292–297
- Author(s):
- Waite, Edgar R.
- Year published:
- 1902
- Title:
- Skeleton of Luvarus imperialis, Rafinesque. (A fish new to the western Pacific fauna)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 7
- Start page:
- 292
- End page:
- 297
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.4.1902.1105
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate xlvi
- Date published:
- 25 August 1902
- Cover date:
- 25 August 1902
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES; OSTEOLOGY
- Digitized:
- 13 November 2008
- Available online:
- 05 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 1105
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (82kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1163kb PDF)
Abstract
Luvarus, known from the Mediterranean, the Atlantic (from Madeira northwards to the coast of Cornwall), and also off the Californian coast, is now to be added to the Australian fauna. On September 5th last, the Curator received information from Mr. J. A. Brodie; Chief Inspector of Fisheries for New South Wales, that a strange fish had been stranded at Bermagui. The communication was accompanied by a rough sketch, and the following particulars noted by Mr. Elias Laycock, one of the Fishery Inspectors: " Length about six feet two inches, girth four feet eight inches, spread of tail two feet three inches, weight between two and three hundredweight, colour salmon and silver, flesh white."