Summary

Pencil illustration of a Common Jack Mackeral, Trachurus declivis, by Arthur Bartholomew, 1866, finally published as Plate 18 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.

More Information

  • Collection Names

    Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria

  • Collecting Areas

    Scientific Art & Observation

  • Artist

    Arthur Bartholomew

  • Lithographer

    Arthur Bartholomew

  • Medium

    Pencil

  • Technique

    Illustration

  • Support

    Paper

  • Plate Number

    Plate 18

  • Drawing Number

    D 403

  • State

    Illustration

  • Primary Inscriptions

    Drawing 403 3/4 of NS./A Bartholomew/ August 2nd 186[6?]

  • Secondary Inscriptions

    Alpine Brewery/Trachum trachirus

  • Tertiary Inscriptions

    [Notes on anatomical details of specimen]

  • Classification

    Scientific artwork, Illustration, Paper

  • Taxon Name

    Trachurus declivis

  • Author and date of publication

    (Jenyns, 1841)

  • Preferred Common name

    Common Jack Mackerel

  • Kingdom

    Animalia

  • Phylum

    Chordata

  • Subphylum

    Craniata

  • Superclass

    Gnathostomata

  • Class

    Actinopterygii

  • Order

    Perciformes

  • Family

    Carangidae

  • Genus

    Trachurus

  • Species Name

    declivis

  • Identified By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Date Identified

    19/09/2016

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Discipline

    Scientific Artwork

  • Type of item

    Object

  • Overall Dimensions

    24 cm (Width), 14.7 cm (Height)

  • 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.