Lamprey Gallery

Big-eyed lamprey and red lamprey

Big-eyed lamprey and red lamprey.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

River puncture Lampetra fluviatilis sea eel Congridae

River puncture (Lampetra fluviatilis) and sea eel (Congridae), 1. lampreij. river nine eye. 2. Sea Eel. / 1. Lampreta. 2. Anguilla Marina. / 1. 2. anguille de mer. (title on object), River puncture and sea eel. Numbered top right: 21. 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 explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, eels: lamprey, eels: eel, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck paint, brush, h 145 mm ? w 189 mm

© Artokoloro

PM-6653 Silver Lamprey - parasitic on Carp

PM-6653
Silver Lamprey - parasitic on Carp
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Pat Morris
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

© Pat Morris/ardea.com

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