Sparus Anchorago - The Anchor-Tooth

by Marcus Elieser Bloch

With its distinguishing feature of deep coral-red fins, bronze-colored shiny scales, and sharp dentition, the print shows Sparus Anchorago (Anchor-tooth). This print is part of the famous work Ichthyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Poissons created by a renowned German ichthyologist, Marcus Elieser Bloch.

It features hand coloring with copperplate engraving technique and depicts an elegant curved mouth of the fish, its blue ringed eye, and its fin rays with an off-white background. In addition, this is an ideal print for collectors of old natural history prints, marine taxonomic prints, and maritime prints.