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Gasterochisma melampus (Butterfly mackerel)

Fish was chased from the water by a seal

Weight	0.500kg
Depth	20m

The sighting

Spotted by	Andrew Duke
Region	Tasmania
Sighted on	20 May 2015

This sighting has been reviewed and verfied

Andrew Pender

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Why is this sighting important?

Rare/cryptic

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