Nilson Collection

Wels catfish and Blochs catfish
Wels catfish, Silurus glanis 74, and Blochs catfish, Pimelodus blochii 75. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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