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Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart. 79.11.23b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1879-11-23 [79.11.23b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1870-9/1879/79-11-23b-final.odt>, accessed June 10, 2026

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MS annotation by Krauss: 'empf. 20.I.80' [received 20 January 1880]. Elsewhere in the file is a clipping from the Launceston examiner, 24 September 1879, of an article by S. H. Wintle, 'A Large Octopus', annotated by Krauss as having been received from M on the same day; see Wintle (1879).
23/11/79
Möchte nur einfach bemerken, edler Freund, dass sich der 14 Fuss lange Fisch von Nord-Tasmanien als Regalecus Banksii herausstellt.
Bestens grüssend der Ihre
Ferd. von Mueller
23/11/79
I should just simply like to remark, noble Friend, that the 14 foot long fish from north Tasmania proved to be Regalecus banksii.
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Oar fish.
Best greetings your
Ferd. von Mueller