GREAT & LESSER SAND EEL. Ammodytes tobianus, Hyperoplus lanceolatus. COUCH, 1862
'1. Lesser Launce; 2. Larger Launce '. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Printed from original watercolours and drawings by Jonathan Couch, an eminent British naturalist who lived in the fishing village of Polperro, Cornwall. Engraved onto woodblocks by Alex Lydon. Plates printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett, with final hand-colouring by local artists in Polperro. Provenance: "A History of the Fishes of the British Islands"; by Jonathan Couch, Published by George Bell & Sons, London. Type: Fine antique woodblock print on good quality paper. Printed in colour and finished by hand in Polperro, Cornwall. Sand species are comprised within the name of Tobianus by Willoughby; Wide-mouthed launce; Ammodytes tobianus, Ammodytes lancea, Tobianus, Ammodytes tobianus, Ammodytes appat, Ammodytes lanceolatus
Size: 2689px × 1572px
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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