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Image number: RS.10069
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Studies of three fishes from Australia
Date
1843
After
James Barker Emery (1789 - 1889, British) , Naval officer
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/+31/7
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 316mm
width (print): 245mm
width (print): 245mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine biological studies of three Australian fishes. Figure 1 ‘Percis emeryana Emery’s Percis’ [modern taxonomy Parapercis nebulosa, the Barfaced sandsmelt] “taken at Depuch Island” (off North-western Australia) according to the accompanying text. Figure 2 ‘Hemiscyllium trispeculare Tri-oscellated Hemiscyllium’ [modern taxonomy Hemiscyllium trispeculare, the Speckled carpetshark] “Obtained at Turtle Island on the north-west coast of Australia”. Figure 3 ‘Monacanthus megalouris Big-tailed monacanth [Fanbellied filefish?]. The text states that this fish was caught at “Houmans Abrolhos” a chain of islands off Western Australia.
Plate 1 from the publication Icones piscium, or plates of rare fishes by John Richardson (London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843).
James Barker Emery was an officer and naturalist, serving aboard HMS Beagle during a survey of the coast of Australia in 1837-1843.
Inscribed “Plate 1” and figures individually numbered.
Plate 1 from the publication Icones piscium, or plates of rare fishes by John Richardson (London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843).
James Barker Emery was an officer and naturalist, serving aboard HMS Beagle during a survey of the coast of Australia in 1837-1843.
Inscribed “Plate 1” and figures individually numbered.
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