‘Le Guapucha de Bogota’, ‘le Boquichico de l’Amazon’ and ‘le Pavon du Rio Negro’
Date
1811
Creator
Jean Louis Coutant (1776 - 1831, French) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Imprimerie de Langlois, Printer
After
II Huet (1770, French) , Draughtsman
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) , Naturalist and Traveller, Naturalist
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) , Naturalist and Traveller, Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
45380
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 346mm
width (page): 255mm
width (page): 255mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ichthyological study of three freshwater fish, native to South America.
Figure 1. Grudulus bogotensis Humboldt, here styled La Guapucha du plateau de Bogota and Pœcilia bogotensis Humboldt. Shown in left profile at a scale of 3/5 of the natural size. Found in the Rio Bogotá, Colombia.
Figure 2. Hemiodus amazonum Humboldt, here styled Le Boquichico de la rivière des Amazone and Curimatus amazonum Humboldt. Shown in left profile at a scale of ¾ of the natural size. Found in the Rio Marañon, Brazil.
Figure 3. Cichla orinocensis Humboldt, here styled le Pavon du Rio Negro et de l’Orénoque. Shown in left profile at a scale of 1/3 of the natural size. Found in the Rio Negro and the Rio Orinoco, South America.
Inscribed ‘Pl. XLV Dessiné par Huet, d’aprés des esquisses de Mr. de Humboldt. Gravé par Coutant. De l’Imprimerie de Langlois’, with an explanation to the plates on page 216 including the contemporary taxonomy ‘Pl. XLV, fig. 1. Pœcilia bogotensis (p.154). Fig. 2. Curimatus amazonum (p.165). Fig. 3. Cichla orinocensis (p.167).
Plate XLV to Recherches sur Les Poissons Fluviatiles de L’Amérique Équinoxiale; par MM. De Humboldt et Valenciennes. Recueil d’Observations de zoologie et d’Anatomie compare, faites… Par al. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland, volume 2 (Paris, 1811-1833).
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) German naturalist and traveller, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) French zoologist.
Figure 1. Grudulus bogotensis Humboldt, here styled La Guapucha du plateau de Bogota and Pœcilia bogotensis Humboldt. Shown in left profile at a scale of 3/5 of the natural size. Found in the Rio Bogotá, Colombia.
Figure 2. Hemiodus amazonum Humboldt, here styled Le Boquichico de la rivière des Amazone and Curimatus amazonum Humboldt. Shown in left profile at a scale of ¾ of the natural size. Found in the Rio Marañon, Brazil.
Figure 3. Cichla orinocensis Humboldt, here styled le Pavon du Rio Negro et de l’Orénoque. Shown in left profile at a scale of 1/3 of the natural size. Found in the Rio Negro and the Rio Orinoco, South America.
Inscribed ‘Pl. XLV Dessiné par Huet, d’aprés des esquisses de Mr. de Humboldt. Gravé par Coutant. De l’Imprimerie de Langlois’, with an explanation to the plates on page 216 including the contemporary taxonomy ‘Pl. XLV, fig. 1. Pœcilia bogotensis (p.154). Fig. 2. Curimatus amazonum (p.165). Fig. 3. Cichla orinocensis (p.167).
Plate XLV to Recherches sur Les Poissons Fluviatiles de L’Amérique Équinoxiale; par MM. De Humboldt et Valenciennes. Recueil d’Observations de zoologie et d’Anatomie compare, faites… Par al. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland, volume 2 (Paris, 1811-1833).
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) German naturalist and traveller, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815.
Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) French zoologist.
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