Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 26, 1806
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 16
Additional Source Text:
The donor was "of N. Jersey."
Notes:
There are about 64 species in seven to nine genera of the family Exocoetidae, marine fish known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod.
Benjamin Archer was a student of Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania medical school in 1804 and recorded some of Rush's lectures. International Medical Magazine 6 (1897): 120-130 / https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074143978?urlappend=%3Bseq=130%3Bo…
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Scientific Name
Exocoetidae
