A Bone of the Bony or Scuttle Fish, had on the coasts of Spain

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 29 June 1790

Additional Source Text:

Also listed in Herald of Freedom (Boston), 13 July 1790

Notes:

Scuttlefish is a synonym of cuttlefish. Cuttlebone, also known as cuttlefish bone, is a hard, brittle internal structure found in all members of the family Sepiidae, commonly known as cuttlefish, a family within the cephalopods. Cuttlebone is composed primarily of aragonite.

Miers Fisher (1748-1819), a birthright Quaker, was a prominent lawyer, legislator, philanthropist, merchant, and scientist in early Federal Philadelphia.

Specimen Type:

Individual parts

Peale's Common Name:

Scuttlefish