Angel fish or Monk fish Pomacanthidae
Angel fish or Monk fish Pomacanthidae "This beautiful fish was deposited by the late Captain Cook in the Leverian Museum having been thus named by that great circumnavigator, who had caught it during one of his voyages to the South Seas." Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature" (1798~1802) published by Harrison, London.
Size: 4603px × 2742px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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