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Beautifully detailed, handcolored engravings of various fish species from different eras, emphasizing their anatomical features and artistic illustration.

Cottus scaber., 1785 - 1797., Berlin. Publisher, chez l'auteur., 1785 - 1797. Fishes
Cottus scaber., 1785 - 1797., Berlin. Publisher, chez l'auteur., 1785 - 1797. Fishes
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1. Single center in Japan. - 2. Diodon Orb or thorny. - 3. Ostracion has horns. - 4. Oreosome conifer. - Drawing Mesnel, vintage engraving. 1. Single center in Japan. - 2. Diodon Orb or thorny. - 3. Ostracion has horns. - 4. Oreosome conifer. - Drawing Mesnel, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679722
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Galaxias castlei by B. Osborne black-and-white negatives
4141-25473
rudd scardinius erythrophthalmus showing lateral line containing pressure sensors
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Hydrocylon Armatus, Ichthyology - Fish
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Mawsonia lavocati was an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish, and the largest of this group, up to several meters long. It lived during the Cretaceous period (99 to 112 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Africa and South America. Mawsonia was first described by British palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward in 1907.
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Shark's cardiovascular system, illustration
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A Watts shark and a front view of its mouth. Etching by P. Mazell.
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Delta smelt on scale. Subjects: Fishes; Fisheries management; Threatened species. Location: California.
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Common angler fish. Lophius piscatorius. "The common angler is to be classed, not among the beauties, but the curiosities of Nature. It is in fact one of the most deformed inhabitants of the ocean.". Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature" (1798~1802) published by Harrison, London.
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Anonymous / "Remains of fish", 1st century, Bone remains of fish.
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Infographic of the anatomy of the three major classes of fish: cyclostomata, chondrichthyes and osteichthyes. QuarkXPress (.qxp); 6259x4015.
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(polycentrus Schomburgkii) Veelsteckel (in Dutch : it  means something like 'many- spined')       Date: 1954
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