Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11147

    Studies of two fishes

    Date
    1848-1852
    Creator
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    Material
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    Dimensions
    height (page): 355mm
    width (page): 265mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Ichthyology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > fish
    Description
    Marine zoological studies of two fishes: the Foxface rabbitfish Siganus vulpinus (here styled Amphacanthus vulpinus) figure 1; and the Masked rabbitfish or Masked spinefoot Siganus puellus (here styled Amphacanthus puellus) figure 2.

    Plate from the paper ‘Over twee nieuwe soorten van visschen, Amphacanthus vulpinus en puellus’, by H Schlegel, published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).

    Inscribed below: ‘I. AMPHCANTHUS VULPINUS. II. A. PUELLUS’.

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

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