After looking for other references to the Fiji Mermaid, I stumbled across the Japanese mermaids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningyo https://en.wikipedia.org/w

After looking for other references to the Fiji Mermaid, I stumbled across the Japanese mermaids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningyo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ningyo It's strange how some cryptids seem to cross cultural boundaries.