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Image number: RS.10071
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Studies of two 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): 245mm
width (print): 316mm
width (print): 316mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine biological studies of two Australian fishes. Figure 1 ‘Julis? dringii Blue-mantle Julis’ [modern taxonomy Haletta semifasciata, the Blue weed whiting] “taken in Safety Bay, South Australia” according to the accompanying text. Figure 2 ‘’Mesoprion ?? emeryii Blue-Crescent-tail’ [modern taxonomy Pentapodus emeryii, the Double whiptail] “Lieut. Emery’s figure is half the natural size of the fish, which was taken at Barrow Island off the north-west coast of Australia”.
Plate 3 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 3” and figures individually numbered.
Plate 3 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 3” and figures individually numbered.
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