by Joe Rowlett | Nov 6, 2018 | Photography
Help support everyone's favorite fish nerd by buying some of his pretty photos and stuff. by Joe Rowlett | Jul 12, 2017 | Reefs in Art
Over the years, I’ve written about several important names in the history of ichthyology. Some were enthusiastic amateur naturalists, like the early pioneers Albertus Seba and Samuel Fallours, and others were diligent researchers of the traditional taxonomist mold:... by Joe Rowlett | May 20, 2017 | Fish, Reefs in Art
Bernard Germain de Lacépède is one of the true founding fathers of ichthyology, and his magnum opus, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (Natural History of Fishes), is arguably the first great work to discuss and illustrate coral reef... by Joe Rowlett | Nov 28, 2016 | Eye Candy, Reefs in Art
The 19th century was a golden age for marine exploration and ichthyological discovery, and a majority of the coral reef fishes familiar to us today were first described during these formative years.… by Joe Rowlett | Nov 8, 2015 | Eye Candy, Reefs in Art
Because of this judicious use of artistic license and the general unfamiliarity an early 18th-century Dutchman would have had regarding the reef fishes of Indonesia, an effort had to be made on the part of Renard to verify the legitimacy of the work he was about to...