EditorialFishermen catching eels in a net, while another spears one from a boat, Europe, 18th century. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian cle...
EditorialFish-wives selling conger-eels, Iannion, 1858. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany Accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve. London, 1859. Albumen Print. Source: 10172.d.13.
EditorialFlounders, jumping alive, five flounders.' A seller of flounder fish. 'Eels, three pence a pound, live eels.' A seller of eels. . Sam Syntax's Description of the Cries of London ... Second edition. ff. 17. Harris & Son: London, 1821. Source: 12811.a.55...
EditorialL'Agreable lecon ou L'Art d'Amier, Petitpierre Freres, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, Scenes of love: a shepherd teaching a shepherdess to play a pipe next to t lion topped plinth inscribed 'L'AGREABLE LECON'...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, All-over repeat of pastoral amorous scenes in red: lovers half reclining in wheat field (she holding a horn) surprised by a man holding a sickle; lovers seated next to a foun...
EditorialLeptocephalus taenia, Print, The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Fran?ois ?tienne Delaroche in 1809, originall...
EditorialCongromuraena balearica, Print, The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Fran?ois ?tienne Delaroche in 1809, origin...
EditorialRiver 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...
EditorialFish: salmon, carp, perch, herring, eels, catfish, 1. The salmon, 2. The carp, 3. The perch, 4. The herring, 5. u., 6. The golden carp, 7. The eel, 8. The catfish, 9. The loach, Plate III, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz: Abbildungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Z?...
EditorialCollection of people and animals with the letter A, In the foreground left some putti try to hold an eel in their hands. A monkey witnesses their unsuccessful attempt. In the center a monument with the portrait of Hagar. Next to the monument is the Heb...
EditorialLeptocephalus taenia, Print, The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Fran?ois ?tienne Delaroche in 1809, originall...
EditorialOphichthys boro, Print, The rice-paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro; also known commonly as the Bengal's snake-eel, the estuary snake eel, or the snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm-snake eels). It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton...
EditorialZoarces viviparus, Print, The viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus), also known as the, viviparous blenny and European eelpout is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae. It is notable for giving birth to live larvae (hence the description "mother of eels"...
EditorialOphichthys timorensis, Print, The earthworm snake-eel (Yirrkala timorensis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert G?nther in 1870. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. It is kno...
EditorialConger vulgaris, Print, Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 3 m (10 ft) in length, in the case of the European conger. Large congers have often been observed by divers during the day in...
EditorialCongromuraena mystax, Print, The Thinlip conger (Gnathophis mystax, also known as the Blacktailed conger) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Fran?ois ?tienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus Muraena...
EditorialMyrus vulgaris, Print, The Painted eel (Echelus myrus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the easter...
EditorialOphichthys crocodilinus, Print, The crocodile snake eel (Brachysomophis crocodilinus, also known as the Henshaw's snake eel or the reptilian snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Edward Turner Bennett in...