Observações de mnyegaard

Approx 6 individuals (1 male and at least 5 females)

Thank you to the many people who were involved in spotting, reporting and photographing this fish! True crowd effort :-)

149 cm total length. Found by staff at NIWA Ruakaka. Thank you Andrew Stewart for alerting me to this stranding, and to Andrew Forsyth and his two amazing daughters for helping with the necropsy!

Observation and images by awesome Bec Wellard from Curtain University, Western Australian, uploaded with permission (thank you Bec!)

Observation and images (pole camera) by awesome Bec Wellard from Curtain University, Western Australia. Uploaded with permission (thank you Bec :)

Observation and footage (stills provided here) by Dive Zone Whitianga Instructor Ryan Hansen, posted here with permission.

Observed and photographed by Peter Langlands, uploaded with permission.

Observed and photographed by Joel Goldstein, communicated to Marianne Nyegaard on 2 March 2019

Found and photographed by Kamil Midor, communicated to Marianne Nyegaard on 3 March 2019

Sighted and photographed by Pete May off the Coromandel coast (North Island of New Zealand), near the Alderman islands. Thank you Pete for sending through photos and info of this sighting!

Photo taken by Westpac Lifesaver Helicopters, details provided by Surf Lifesaver WA.