Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 21, 1789
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 21 May 1789
Additional Source Text:
"3 feet long, of a curious figure, not unlike a tadpole, with a very large mouth, set with several rows and clusters of sharp teeth, and has two fins on the under part of its body, resembling a mule's teet."
The donor was "of Philadelphia."
Notes:
Rana piscatrix (or Rana pescatrice) is a type of anglerfish or monkfish today called Lophius piscatorius.
Joseph Gamble was a Philadelphia harbor pilot.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Frog-fish
Peale's Scientific Name:
Rana piscatrix
Current Common Name:
Anglerfish
Current Scientific Name
Lophius piscatorius
