1900 Antique Lithograph - Four-eye Butterfly Fish of Puerto Rico - Julius Bien

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An original chromolithograph which was an illustration to "Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico", Plate 35. The work was authored by Barton Warren Evermann - see below - and the U.S. Fish Commission in 1900 in Washington D.C. The plates were the work of A.H.Baldwin and printed by Julius Bien & Co. in New York - see belowThis arresting plate illustrates the "Chaetodon Capistratus Linnaeus" or Foureye Butterflyfish - see belowGood condition - faint offsetting and binding holes along top edge to the paper - see scans.Page size 7.3 x 10 inches , ideal for framingThis is an original antique print guaranteed to be of the period described and not a later reproduction - see more of these in Seller's Other Items that can be combined for mailingBarton Warren Evermann From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Barton W. Evermann.Barton Warren Evermann (October 24, 1853 – September 27, 1932) was an American ichthyologist .Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Ichthyologist 2 See also 3 ReferencesEvermann was born in Monroe County , Iowa , and graduated from Indiana University in 1886.For 10 years, he served as teacher and superintendent of schools in Indiana and California . He was professor of biology at the Indiana State University in Terre Haute from 1886 to 1891. He lectured at Stanford University in 1893-94, at Cornell in 1900-03, and at Yale in 1903-06. He died in Berkeley, California , aged 78.In the early 20th century, as director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco , he promoted research on the Revillagigedo Islands off the Pacific coast of Mexico . Mount Evermann on Socorro Island , the highest peak of the archipelago , was named in his honor. A species of lizard, Anolis evermanni , is named in his honor. [1]In 1888, Evermann entered the service of the United States Bureau of Fisheries (successor to the United States Fish Commission), became an ichthyologist in 1891, had charge of the division of scientific inquiry in 1903-11, and from 1910 to 1914 was chief of the Alaska Fisheries Service . Evermann was United States fur seal commissioner in 1892 and became chairman of the fur seal board in 1908.In collaboration with D. S. Jordan , Evermann contributed to American Food and Game Fishes (1908). His publications include bulletins and reports of the United States Fish Commission and contributions to the proceedings of various societies.Foureye butterflyfish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Four-eyed butterflyfish Conservation statusLeast Concern ( IUCN 3.1 ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Chaetodontidae Genus: Chaetodon Subgenus: Chaetodon Species: C. (C.) capistratus Binomial name Chaetodon (Chaetodon) capistratusLinnaeus , 1758The foureye butterflyfish ( Chaetodon capistratus ) is a butterflyfish ( family Chaetodontidae). It is alternatively called the four-eyed butterflyfish . This species is found in the Western Atlantic from Massachusetts , USA and Bermuda to the West Indies and northern South America . [1]Chaetodon capistratus is the type species of Chaetodon . [2] If this genus is split up as some have proposed, it will retain its present name like its closest relatives, which include the banded butterflyfish ( C. striatus ) and the spot-finned butterflyfish ( C. ocellatus ). [3]Contents 1 Description and ecology 2 Gallery 3 Footnotes 4 ReferencesFoureye butterflyfish are deep-bodied and laterally compressed, with a single dorsal fin and a small mouth with tiny, bristle like teeth. The body is light grey, sometimes with a yellowish hue, and dark forward-pointing chevrons . The ventral fins are yellow. The species gets its common name from a large dark spot on the rear portion of each side of the body. This spot is surrounded by a brilliant white ring, resembling an eye . A black vertical bar on the head runs through the true eye, making it hard t... read more

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