Various fish specimens Unknown
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Various fish specimens
Ichthyological study of various species of fish, including:
1., 2., 3. Three species of Boops, here styled ‘Boops Rondel’, ‘Boopis 2da Species Rondel’ and ‘Rara boopis’ respectively.
4. Possibly a blotched picarel, Spicara maena, here styled ‘Maena Rondel’.
5. A Spicara smaris, one of the picarels, here styled ‘Smaris Rondel’.
Printed inscription: ‘1. Boops Rondel/ 2. Boopis 2da Species Rondel./ 3. Rara boopis Species Rondel./ 4. Maena Rondel./ 5. Smaris Rondel./ Tab. V. 8. Sumpt S: Sam: Pepys Praes S: R.’ with further handwritten annotation ‘Admirabilis colorum mutation in hoe pisce p. Anni tempestate p.318’. Numbered ‘158’ in the top right-hand corner.
Plate V:8 from De historia piscium libri quatuor, by Francis Willughby and John Ray (Oxford, 1686).
Francis Willughby (1635-1672), British naturalist, was an Original Fellow of the Royal Society.
John Ray (1627-1705), British naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1667.
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) British naval official and diarist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665 and served as President between 1684-1686.
- Image reference: RS-20744
- The Royal Society
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