Ichthyology
Various species of fish from Renard's Poissons, écrevisses et crabes
Three species of fish with engraved text from Renard's Poissons, écrevisses et crabes
Diddon hystrix from Bloch's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische
De aquatilibus from Gessner's Historiae animalium
Labrus Malapterus and Labrus Melagaster (Sarotherodon melanotheron) from Bloch's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische
Chrysoma mediterranea and various depictions of Scyllarus arctus larva from Risso's Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale
Squilla eusebia, Platysquilla eusebia and other varieties of shrimp from Risso's Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale
Holocentrus punctatus from Bloch's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische
Various species of fish from Renard's Poissons, écrevisses et crabes
The image above, Folio 5 from Louis Renard’s Poissons, écrevisses et crabs shows nine types of fish presented in a detailed hand-colored engraving, and was rendered from drawings, rather than actual specimens. Mai Reitmeyer, research services librarian in the AMNH Research Library, who discusses this work in an essay in Natural Histories, notes that the common names of these specimens come from a mixture of several languages including Dutch and Malay.
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