Creature Collection (page 5)

Black scorpion fish, estuarine stonefish, and red lionfish
Black scorpion fish, Scorpaena porcus 120, estuarine stonefish, Synanceia horrida 121, and red lionfish, Pterois volitans 122

Vit sculpin, pogge, and sea scorpion
Vit sculpin, Cottus gobio 117, pogge, Agonus cataphractus 118, and sea scorpion, Myoxocephalus scorpius 119. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

Black goby and highfin goby
Black goby, Gobius niger 114, 115, and highfin goby, Gobionellus oceanicus 116. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Dolphin fish and sand tilefish
Dolphin fish or mahi mahi, Coryphaena hippurus 112, and sand tilefish, Malacanthus plumieri 113. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Red band-fish, sharksucker, and remora
Red band-fish, Cepola macrophthalma 109, sharksucker, Echeneis naucrates 110, and remora, Remora remora 111. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

Viviparous blenny, shanny, tompot blenny and Indian humphead
Viviparous blenny, Zoarces viviparus 104, shanny, Lipophrys pholis 105, tompot blenny, Parablennius gattorugine 107, and Indian humphead, Kurtus indicus 108

Ling, burbot, oyster toadfish and tusk
Ling, Molva molva 99, burbot, Lota lota 100, oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau 101, 102, and tusk fish, Brosme brosme 103. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of

Workers drying pollack near the sea, 18th century
Pollack, Pollachius pollachius 97, and workers preparing and drying fish in a shed, Europe, 18th century. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

Fish wives washing pollock in a shed, 18th century
Pollock, Pollachius virens, and fish wives washing fish in tubs and arranging them on palettes. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Processing whiting and hake in a shed, America, 18th century
Whiting, Merlangius merlangus 92 and hake, Merluccius merluccius 93. Workers gutting and salting fish in a shed on a dam above a river in North America

Processing cod, Gadus morhua, on board a factory
Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua 88, and scenes on board a factory ship, men and women gutting and salting fish on deck 90, 91, and dropping the fish into the hold 89

Poor cod, Trisopterus minutus Gadus minutus 86, and the arrival of a cod fishing ship from the New World to a European port 87

Haddock and cod
Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus 84, and Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua 85. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Star gazer and great weaver fish
Star gazer, Uranoscopus scaber 82 and great weaver fish, Trachinus draco 83. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Common torpedo ray, Raja torpedo. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Star fish and swordfish
Star fish, Peprilus paru 78, and swordfish, Xiphias gladius 79. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Snake blenny, lesser spiny eel and wolf fish
Snake blenny, Ophidion barbatum 73, lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus 74, wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus 75, and its jaw and teeth 76, 77

Pacific cutlassfish and sand eel
Pacific cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus 71, and sand eel, Ammodytes tobianus 72. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg

Electric eel, pearlfish and banded knifefish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus 68, pearlfish, Carapus acus 69, and banded knifefish, Gymnotus carapo 70. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of

Fishermen catching eels, Europe, 18th century
Fishermen catching eels in a net, while another spears one from a boat, Europe, 18th century. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Conger eel and European eel
Conger eel, Conger conger 65 and European eel, Anguilla anguilla 66. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Short dragonfish and longtail seamouth
Short dragonfish, Eurypegasus draconis 59, 60, and longtail seamouth, Pegasus volitans 61, 62. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Straight-nosed pipefish and seahorse
Straight-nosed pipefish, Nerophis ophidion, and short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Mushroom coral, Fungia fungites (Fungia agariciformis). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches

Red-spotted box crab, Calappa calappa
Smooth or red-spotted box crab, Calappa calappa (Calappa lophos). Handcoloured steel engraving by A. Scipp from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Sand worm with crimson feelers, Amphitrite rosea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects

Sponge, Haliclona cinerea (Cancellated sponge, Spongia cancellata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Sea slug or sea hare, Aplysia punctata (Aplysia hybrida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris (Eight-armed cuttlefish, Sepia octopus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Sponge, Spongionella pulchella (Spongia pulchella). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects

Polychaete worm, Phyllodoce lamelligera (Nereis lamelligera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

European or common lobster, Homarus gammarus (Blue lobster, Homarus vulgaris). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Vaillant from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Ray, shark, sturgeon, lamprey, etc
Marine creatures: hagfish, Myxine glutinosa 1, river lamprey eel, Petromyzon fluviatilis 2, torpedo ray, Raja torpedo ocellata 3, great white shark, Squalus carcharias, vulnerable 4, rat fish

Varieties of sea cucumber
Sea cucumbers including Trochodota purpurea, Cladodactyla crocea crocea, Stichopus chloronotus, Anaperus peruvianus, Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni, Leptosynapta inhaerens, etc

Varieties of jellyfish and medusae. Lithograph by C. Mayer after Conrad Kull from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1841

Varieties of corals, seafans, polyps and sea anemones
Varieties of soft corals, seafans, bryozoans, polyps and sea anemones. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1841

Plumose anemone, Metridium dianthus (Carnation actinia, Actinia dianthus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Palmiferous doris sea slug, Doris palmifera. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Great sea serpent shot at by the crew of Lawrence de Ferry in 1746. Described in Bishop Erik Pontoppidans Natural History of Norway, 1752. Steel engraving by W.H

Thornback ray, Raja clavata (near threatened). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Shells and seaweed on the shore
Sea snail, Haustellum haustellum 1, black and white cone, Conus ebraeus 2, Episcopal miter, Mitra mitra 3, dog conch, Laevistrombus canarium 4, limpet, Patella scutellaris 5, and rosy razor clam

Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis. Physalie atlantique. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Phyllosoma larval stage of a spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. Phyllosome. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Whalers hunting a whale
Whalers hunting a North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, endangered 1, and barnacles 2-5. Baleine, Balenes.Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles

Tiger cowrie, wrinkled cowrie, money cowrie, etc
Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris 1, wrinkled cowrie, Nucleolaria nucleus 2, money cowrie, Monetaria moneta 3, and Ellatrivia merces 4, Porcelaines

Fossils of an extinct stone lily, Encrinus species, with sections through head. Copperplate engraving by Milton after a drawing by Donovan from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Starfish or sea star, upperside and underside views of different species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christian Muller from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Magnificent feather duster, dead mans fingers
Magnificent feather duster, Sabellastarte magnifica 1, dead mans fingers, Alcyonium digitatum 2, and scrupocellaria, Scrupocellaria scruposa 3

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