GT BARRIER REEF Beche-de-Mer Red Green Prickly Black Leopard fish Synapta 1893
SKU: P-7-003043
'Chromo Plate XII; Great Barrier Reef Holothuriae or Beche-De-Mer; 1and 2. Commercial Beche-de-mer, "Red Fish," Actinopyga obesa, p. 236. Fig 1, illustrating ventral and oral regions, with expanded tentacles; and Fig. 2, dorsal view of posterior extremity with vent. Life size and colours; Fig. 3. "Green Prickly-Fish," Stichopus chloronotus, p. 235. Non-commercial; with extended tentacles, life size and colour; 3A, Polynoe-like annelid, that lives as an external commensal on the body of Stichopus; Fig. 4. Colohirus anceps, p. 242. Non-commercial; life size and colour; Fig. 5. Snake-like Beche-de-mer, Holothuria coluber, p. 238. The anterior moiety of the animal, with expanded tentacular crown, is alone visible; natural size; Fig. 6. Commercial Beche-de-mer, "Black Fish," Actinopyga polymorpha, n.sp. p. 236. The anterior region only. with expanded tentacles; Fig. 7. "Leopard" or "Spotted Fish," Holothuria argus, p. 238. The posterior moiety, with vent; natural size; Fig. 8. Giant Synapta, Synapta Beselii, p. 242. Life size and colour; Fig. 9. Synapta sp., p. 242. Group of variously-coloured individuals, life size and colour; Fig. 10. Fish "Glass Eel," Fierasfer sp., p. 241, that lives as a commensal within the body-cavity of the large teat-fish, Holothuria mammifera; natual size'
Size 28 x 21 cm | 11.0 x 8.5 inches
Date Published: 1893
Type: Antique colour print
Author: Anonymous
Publication: The Great Barrier Reef of Australia
Condition: Good |
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