Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11140

    ‘Polynemus macronemus’

    Date
    1848-1852
    Creator
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 265mm
    width (page): 355mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Ichthyology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > fish
    Description
    Marine zoological study of the Royal threadfin, Pentanemus quinquarius (here styled Polynemus macronemus) a fish native to the eastern Atlantic including the coastline of West Africa.

    Plate from the paper ‘Beschrijving eenen nieuwe sort van visschen, Polynemus multifilis’ by Hermann Schlegel published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).

    Inscribed below: ‘POLYNEMUS MACRONEMUS’.

    Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.
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