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Common carp and three fishermen fishing with
Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 149, and three fishermen fishing with rod, net and line for carp in a river. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

Malabar thryssa, Blochs gizzard shad
Malabar thryssa, Thryssa malabarica 146, Blochs gizzard shad, Nematalosa nasus 147, French fishermen fishing for sardines and anchovies using lamps and special nets called rissoles

Sardine, ilisha, and sardine smokehouse
Sardine, Sardina pilchardus 143, West African ilisha, Ilisha africana 144, and fish wives smoking sardines in a smokehouse

Indo-Pacific tarpon and Chinese gizzard shad
Indo-Pacific tarpon, Megalops cyprinoides 140, Chinese gizzard shad, Clupanodon thrissa 141. Coopers making barrels for salted and pickled fish

Shad, anchovy, and fishermen fishing with nets
Shad, Alosa alosa 137 and anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus 138. Fishermen scattering bait with a wooden spoon to fish in a net

Sprat, and herring being hung in a smokehouse, 18th century
Sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and section through a smokehouse showing workers smoking herring in a kipper factory, 18th century

Herring, oarfish and drift-net fishing
Herring, Clupea harengus 132, oarfish, Regalecus species 133, and North Sea fishermen using drift nets to catch herring from boats

Grey mullet and fishermen on a river using nets
Grey mullet, Mugil cephalus 124, 126, and fishermen using nets on a river to catch mullet. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Ratfish or rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Northern pike and garfish
Northern pike, Esox lucius 117, and sea needle or garfish, Belone belone 118. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Danube salmon, whitefish, and fishing with rod and line
Danube salmon, Hucho hucho endangered 101, whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus 102, and fishermen in boats fishing using rod and line on a river

Sea trout, charr and fishing methods
Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 98, charr, Salvelinus alpinus alpinus 99, and fshing methods using manmade rapids on a river to catch salmon in grills and nets

Sea trout, brown trout, and fishing method
Sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 96, brown trout, Salmo trutta fario 97, and trout fishing method using a wooden dam with nets and grids

Female Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, and fishing methods using nets and grills across a river during spawning season. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias

Silver or Atlantic salmon and fishing methods
Silver or Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, male, and methods of catching salmon with nets under a bridge. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia

Sawfish, angular rough shark, spotted catshark, and young
Largetooth sawfish, Pristis pristis 18, young sawfish 19, angular rough shark, Oxynotus centrina 20, small spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula 21, and young dogfish 22-24

Soldier catfish and driftwood catfish
Soldier catfish, Osteogeneiosus militaris 79, and driftwood catfish, Trachelyopterus galeatus 80. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of

Red mullet, spotted goatfish and gurnards
Red mullet, Mullus barbatus 58, spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus 59, tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna 60, flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 61, and armed gurnard

Bigeye scad, sailfish and surmullet
Bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus 54, 55, Indo-Pacific sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus 56, and surmullet, Mullus surmuletus 57

Tuna fishing method and horse mackerel
Fishermen in boats driving tuna to the shore with nets for others to catch fish with hooks 52, and horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus 53

Bluefin tuna, and tuna fishing with nets
Bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus 50, and tuna fishing method with many boats raising a net encircling a school of tuna 51. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of

Hammerhead shark and white shark
Smooth hammerhead shark, Sphyrna zygaena 15, head of hammerhead 16, White shark, Carcharodon carcharias 17. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

Mackerel fishing methods, pilot fish and painted mackerel
Mackerel fishing methods: walled channels and grate to catch spawning mackerel with the tide 47a, and fishermen in boats unfurling nets to encircle a school of mackered 47b

Atlantic mackerel, and fishing methods with line and net
Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus 45, and fishermen on a large boat fishing for mackerel with long lines and hooks, and in a small boat with a mackerel net, 18th century

Zingel, red hind and striped bass
Zingel, Zingel zingel 37, red hind, Epinephelus guttatus 38 and Striped bass, Morone saxatilis Perca saxatilis 39. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms

Rainbow wrasse, argus wrasse, brown meagre, and shi drum
Rainbow wrasse, Coris julis 30, argus wrasse, Halichoeres argus 31, brown meagre, Sciaena umbra 32 and shi drum, Umbrina cirrosa 33

Gilthead seabream, white seabream, picarel and Rays bream
Gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata 26, white seabream, Diplodus sargus sargus 27, picarel, Spicara maena 28, and Rays bream, Brama brama 29

Squirrelfish, five-lined snapper, Torroto
Squirrelfish, Holocentrus adscensionis 22, five-lined snapper, Lutjanus quinquelineatus 23, Torroto grunt, Genyatremus luteus 24 and pointed snout wrasse, Symphodus rostratus 25

Parrotfish, striped parrotfish, Spanish hogfish
Parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense 18, striped parrotfish, Scarus iseri 19, Spanish hogfish, Bodianus rufus 20, and squirrelfish, Holocentrus adscensionis 21

French angelfish, Emperor angelfish, batfish
French angelfish, Pomacanthus paru 14, Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator 15, batfish, Platax orbicularis 16, and longfin baitfish, Platax teira 17

Copperband butterflyfish, pennant coralfish
Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus 11, pennant coralfish, Heniochus acuminatus 12, and gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus 13

Turbot, peacock flounder, and kite
Turbot, Scophthalmus maximus 7, peacock flounder, Bothus lunatus 8, and kite, Scophthalmus rhombus, upper side 9, under side 10

Halibut, lined sole, and Dover sole
Halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus 4, lined sole, Achirus lineatus 5, and Dover sole, Solea solea 6. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History

Plaice, flounder, and dab
Plaice, Pleuronectes platessa 1, flounder, Platichthys flesus 2, and dab, Limanda limanda 3. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

John Dory and African pompano
John Dory, Zeus faber 126, and African pompano, Alectis ciliaris 127. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Spotfin lionfish, lookdown, and pugnose ponyfish
Spotfin lionfish, Pterois antennata 123, lookdown, Selene vomer 124, pugnose ponyfish, Secutor insidiator 125. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

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

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