Baarsque (perciformes), possibly a Pieterman (Trachinus); Eating line. Pieterman / Draco Marinus. / Vive. A bass-like, possibly a Pieterman. The resemblance to a Pieterman caused by the later addition of the first spine fin with spiny fin rays. Numbered at the top right: 17. Left under the name in seven languages. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French.

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