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Artist
- Name:
- Werner, Jean Charles
- Dates:
- 1798-1856
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Etching
- Engraver:
- Corbié
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Ernst Mayr Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Histoire naturelle des poissons (volume of plates 9-140)
- Author(s):
- Cuvier, Georges, Valenciennes, Achille
- Publisher:
- Paris: F. G. Levrault, n.d. [1828-1849?]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Plate showing an Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis), a fish in the family Dactylopteridae. It is found in the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean where it feeds on other fishes, crustaceans, and mollusks.
The caption reads in the original French: Dactyloptère des Indes — Dactylpterus orientalis. nob.
Keywords: 19th century, color, Dactylopteridae, fish, reference book, saltwater, tropical
