Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
April 10, 1801
Primary Source Reference:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, 10 Apr 1801
Additional Source Text:
"In the Museum of Mr. Peale is a Fish of the same species as described in our paper of yesterday."
Notes:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser of 9 Apr 1801 carried a lengthy article describing a fish "that was washed on shore in a storm, in the Gulph of Genoa. . . Its head alone was equal to three times his body, something resembling a tadpole; hence it hath been called the frog-fish and rana-pis-catrix." Rana piscatice is what the Italians call the monkfish (Lophius piscatorius.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Angler; monkfish
Current Scientific Name
Lophius piscatorius
