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The Earliest Published Figures (1613–1758) of the Oblong or Truncate-tailed Ocean Sunfish, Ranzania truncata

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IN the course of my researches in the history of ichthyology, I have found the earliest published figure of the truncate-tailed ocean sunfish, Ranzania. This figure seems unknown to ichthyologists generally, and hence it should be reproduced where it will become widely known.

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    E. W. GUDGER

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GUDGER, E. The Earliest Published Figures (1613–1758) of the Oblong or Truncate-tailed Ocean Sunfish, Ranzania truncata. Nature 137, 947–948 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137947a0

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