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Balistes capriscus, or Grey Triggerfish (described here as a Filefish). Date: 1865
Balistoides conspicillum, clown triggerfishA close up of plate 178 (LS) from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton
Parika scaber, leatherjacketFf. 247. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Balistoides conspicillum, clown triggerfishLS Plate 178 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Melichthys vidua, pinktail triggerfish
LS Plate 116 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Rhinecanthus rectangulus, wedge-tailed triggerfishFf. 58a. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771
Balistes vetula, queen trigggerfishHand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby
Colourful illustration of two fish and a stomatopodPlate 28 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour