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Artist
- Name:
- Acarie-Baron, Jacques Reyne Isidore
- Dates:
- 178?-185?
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Etching
- Engraver:
- Sébin
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Ernst Mayr Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, vol. 4 (atlas)
- Author(s):
- Cuvier et al.
- Publisher:
- Paris: Fortin, Masson et Cie., 1836-1849
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Aquatint depicting the orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), a tropical fish in the family Ephippidae. It is commonly found around reefs.
The caption reads in the original French: Le platax d’Ehrenberg. (Platax ehrenbergii, Cuv. Val.)
Keywords: 19th century, black & white, fish, reference book, saltwater, tropical
