Straighthead Soldierfish

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Zoom in — Straighthead soldierfish (Ostichthys archiepiscopus).

Artist

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

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Smith
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:

Plate showing a straighthead soldierfish (Ostichthys archiepiscopus), a fish in the family Holocentridae. Soldierfish can be found in tropical waters, where they display mostly nocturnal habits. They feed on zooplancton.

The caption reads in the original French: Myripristis du Japon — Myripristis japonicus. n.

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