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FishMAP:   653
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832CC
Observer:   Johnstone Richard Alan
Date of record:   2016-03-28
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   very small - washed up on harbour sandbank
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:   sprat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FishMAP-653
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 653 - photo: 1
VM-number: 653 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Carl Huchzermeyer
Comment:   This is a sardine/anchovy...or mayyyyybe a juvenile oxeye tarpon. Hard to tell, and estuarine fish aren't in the ID list yet unfortunately.
Date:   2016-05-01 16:29:04
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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