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Artist
- Name:
- Werner, Jean Charles
- Dates:
- 1798-1856
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Smith
- 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 a straighthead soldierfish (Ostichthys archiepiscopus), a fish in the family Holocentridae. Soldierfish can be found in tropical waters, where they display mostly nocturnal habits. They feed on zooplancton.
The caption reads in the original French: Myripristis du Japon — Myripristis japonicus. n.
Keywords: 19th century, color, fish, Holocentridae, reference book, saltwater, tropical
