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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.

MORNING STAR

(Tawera spissa).

This fish has a small venus shell; it is very abundant on most open sandy beaches. It is easily recognised by its colour pattern of brown zigzag markings.

by Arthur William Baden Powell, Assistant Director, Auckland Institute and Museum.

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Arthur William Baden Powell, Assistant Director, Auckland Institute and Museum.