European flounder
Date
1830
Creator
William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859, British) , Printmaker
After
Thomas Brown (1785 - 1862, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
RCN29275
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 132mm
width (print): 215mm
width (print): 215mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological study of the European flounder Platichthys flesus (here styled Platessa carnaria), a fish native to the coastal regions of the north eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Plate accompanying the paper ‘Description of a new species of British fish’, by Thomas Brown, The Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science, v.2 1830, pp.99. Inscribed above: ‘VOL.II PL.II’. Inscribed below: ‘Platesa carnaria. The Flesh-coloured Fluke. Drawn by Captn. T. Brown. Engd. By W.H. Lizars. Edinr. Journal of Natural and Geographical Science.’
The accompanying text states that: ‘This species was procured along with a quantity of the Platessa flesus, or common fluke, from Prestonpans. At first I considered it as merely a variety of that species, but it differs…’ The writer suggests the common name ‘The flesh-coloured fluke’.
Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862) British naturalist and malacologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Plate accompanying the paper ‘Description of a new species of British fish’, by Thomas Brown, The Edinburgh Journal of Natural and Geographical Science, v.2 1830, pp.99. Inscribed above: ‘VOL.II PL.II’. Inscribed below: ‘Platesa carnaria. The Flesh-coloured Fluke. Drawn by Captn. T. Brown. Engd. By W.H. Lizars. Edinr. Journal of Natural and Geographical Science.’
The accompanying text states that: ‘This species was procured along with a quantity of the Platessa flesus, or common fluke, from Prestonpans. At first I considered it as merely a variety of that species, but it differs…’ The writer suggests the common name ‘The flesh-coloured fluke’.
Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862) British naturalist and malacologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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