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New British Records of Two Rare Deep-Sea Fishes : Oxynotus paradoxus Frade and Aphanopus carbo Lowe

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THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. W. Wilson of Milford Haven and of the staff of the Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory we have received three deep-sea fishes taken by the Richard Crofts in 330 fathoms at a point 250 miles W. by S. of St. Ann's Head on March 10.

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TUCKER, D., PALMER, G. New British Records of Two Rare Deep-Sea Fishes : Oxynotus paradoxus Frade and Aphanopus carbo Lowe. Nature 164, 930–931 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164930b0

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