Painted Comber

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painted comber (Serranus scriba).

Artist

Name:: Werner, Jean Charles
Dates:: 1798-1856
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Dequevauvillier, François-Jacques
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Ernst Mayr Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Histoire naturelle des poissons (volume of plates 9-140)
Authors:: Cuvier, Georges; Valenciennes, Achille
Publisher:: Paris: F. G. Levrault, n.d. [1828-1849?]
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Description:

Ichthyological plate showing a painted comber (Serranus scriba), a marine fish in the family Serranidae. The painted comber lives near the bottom of the seas and oceans where it is found and feeds on crustaceans and other fishes.

The caption reads in the original French: Serran écriture — Serranus scriba. n.

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{{cite web | title=Painted Comber | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/painted-comber/ | author=Werner, Jean Charles | year=n.d. [1828-1849?] | access-date=November 21, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}