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Flying fish, suckerfish and boxfish
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Flying fish, suckerfish and boxfish
Flying fish species 1, 2, remora or suckerfish 3, and round boxfish 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792. Flying fish species 1, 2, remora or suckerfish 3, and round boxfish 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792
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Bertuch Bilderbuch Educational Encyclopedia Friedrich Johann Kinder Remora Species Boxfish Suckerfish
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This hand-colored copperplate engraving is taken from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), published in Weimar in 1792. The illustration showcases an array of fascinating underwater creatures: Flying Fish (Exocoetidae), with their wing-like pectoral fins spread wide, allowing them to leap out of the water and glide for great distances; two distinct species of Flying Fish, the first with a more elongated body and the second with a more rounded shape; a Remora or Suckerfish (Echeneidae), with its distinctive disc-shaped body and powerful sucking disc that enables it to attach itself to larger fish and hitchhike through the ocean; and a Round Boxfish (Ostraciidae), with its unique, spherical shape and protective plates covering its body. This engraving is an exquisite example of the intricate detail and vibrant colors that characterized natural history illustrations of the time. It was likely included in the picture book to educate and inspire curiosity in young readers about the wonders of the natural world.
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