Frigate tuna Auxis thazard in New Zealand waters (note) |
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| Authors: | P E Roberts D Eggleston G D James |
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| Institution: | Fisheries Research Division , Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries , P.O. Box 19–062, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Previous records of the frigate tuna Auxis thazard (Lacépède, 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. |
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| Keywords: | deep sea seamounts slope deep‐water fish diversity distribution species richness |
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