Sailfishes

Marine zoological studies of two sailfishes. Figure 1 (above) the Indo-Pacific sailfish Istiophorus platypterus (here styled Histiophorus indicus) and figure 2 (below) the Atlantic sailfish Istiophorus albicans (here styled Histiophorus pulchellus). Side views.

Plate 229-230 from the book Histoire naturelles des poisons…tome 1-21…by Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes (Paris, F.G. Levrault, 1828-1849).

Each figure is inscribed below ‘HISTIOPHORE des Indes. HISTIOPHORUS Indicus. nob. HISTIOPHORE joli. HISTIOPHORUS pulchellus.’ and attributed ‘Werner del. Impe. de Langlois. Dequevauviller sculp.’

Georges Cuvier (1773-1838), Baron Cuvier, French zoologist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1806.

Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865), French zoologist.