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IN a letter published in NATURE of January 251, Dr. Hora and Dr. Mukerji record the supposed occurrence of five European fishes on the Tavoy coast, Burma. The specimens were sent to me for examination, and I am able to confirm the identifications, but, as I have already pointed out in correspondence with Dr. Hora, I am of the opinion that the specimens did not come from the coast of Burma. The species in question are found in the North Atlantic, and some in the Mediterranean also, but none has ever been found in tropical seas. Without attempting to explain the manner in which the mistake has occurred, I can only reaffirm my conviction that the supposed occurrence of such fishes as Coitus bubalis and Ammodytes lanceolatus on the coast of Burma is so widely opposed to all the known facts of geographical distribution as scarcely to merit serious consideration.
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NATURE, 137, 152 (1936).
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NORMAN, J. Reported Occurrence of European Fishes on the Tavoy Coast, Burma. Nature 137, 321 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137321a0
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