Summary
Lithographic colour proof by Arthur Bartholomew of a Tasselled Anglerfish from rockpools at Brighton shore, Port Phillip, finally published as Plate 123 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria. The illustrated specimen is the holotype of Chironectes bifurcatus McCoy 1886 (NMV A 521), a fish that McCoy considered to be undescribed at the time.
Unfortunately for McCoy, François Laporte de Castelnau had already described the species in 1872, naming it Chironectes filamentosus. Being the first description of this anglerfish, Castelnau's name has priority, with McCoy's name becoming a junior synonym. Ted Pietsch subsquently placed the Tasselled Anglerfish in the genus Rhycherus, and Rhycherus filamentosus (Castelnau 1872) is the valid name of this species.
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Description of Content
Tasselled Anglerfish, Rhycherus filamentosus (Castelnau, 1872) by Arthur Bartholomew. Colour proof b, lithographic ink on paper, 28cm x 19cm. Published as Plate 123 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
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Lithographer
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Medium
lithographic ink on paper
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Technique
Lithograph
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Support
Paper
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Plate Number
123
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State
Colour proof
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Primary Inscriptions
Pl.123 / ZOOLOGY OF VICTORIA (Fishes) / A.Bartholomew del et lith / Prof. McCoy direct. / Steam litho. Govt. Printing Office
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Secondary Inscriptions
1 / 1a / 1b / 1c / 1d / 1e / 1f / 1g / 1h
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
(Castelnau, 1872)
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Preferred Common name
Tasselled Anglerfish
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Species Name
filamentosus
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Overall Dimensions
19 cm (Width), 28 cm (Height)
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References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
