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Thank you Sheila and others
The consensus is a clupeid, Sardinops neopilchardis, the striae on the opercular are diagnostic of this genus, of which we have only 1 species. I shall of course investigate comparative specimens, they are commonly sold as bait
Mat

Matthew Campbell
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On 8/12/2016, at 11:18 PM, S Hamilton-Dyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi Mat, bearing in mind I am from the other end of the world, they remind me of shad (Alosa), have you already considered that group of 'herrings' yet?
Sheila
SH-D ArchaeoZoology
http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk
On 08/12/2016 02:46, Matthew Campbell wrote:
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Hi everyone

I have several fish operculars and preoperculars from a site just north of Auckland, New Zealand, that aren’t in my reference collection or the University’s collection. I was hoping someone might be able to help identify them to at least family level:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13054500/Opercular.jpg

They are small, and probably an inshore temperate water fish, though they may be summer subtropical visitors – the waters of the Hauraki Gulf get quite warm over summer.

Any help greatly appreciated

Mat

 

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