Sciaena Collection

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

Shadefish and porkfish
Shadefish, Argyrosomus regius (Sciaena aquila), and porkfish, Anisotremus virginicus (Pristipoma virginianum). Handcolored engraving by Dumenil after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys

Sciaena, a warm water marine fish, this rather colourful one caught at Looe, Cornwall. Date: 1865

Sciaena umbra, or Shade Fish
Sciaena umbra, also known as Shade Fish, Brown Meagre and Maigre. Date: 1863

Single-spotted sciaena, Sciaena unimaculata. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1799

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