Peter Artedi
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Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius was a Swedish naturalist and collaborator of Carolus Linnaeus. He is sometimes known as the "father of ichthyology" for his pioneering work in classifying the fishes
Peter Artedi, a painting by the artist Mary Pinzón, how he might have looked
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Ichthyology
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Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish, cartilaginous fish, and jawless fish. According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of Mar
Peter Artedi
…Arctaedius (27 February 1705 – 28 September 1735) was a Swedish naturalist and collaborator of Carolus Linnaeus. He is sometimes known as the "father of ichthyology" for his pioneering work in classifying the fishes into groups. Artedi was born in Anundsjö in the province of Ångermanland. His paternal grandfather…
Fish represent approximately 8% of all figurative depictions on Mimbres pottery.
Frontispiece from Ichthyologia, sive Opera Omnia de Piscibus by Peter Artedi
Male whale shark at Georgia Aquarium
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