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 | Oct 23, 2015 | Fish, Reefs in Art
The study of coral reef fishes is a relatively recent field within ichthyology. The earliest scientific works, by naturalists such as Artedi, Linnaeus and Forsskål, consisted of little more than a series of terse morphological descriptions, completely lacking any...
