Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 6331.1225
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Description: Girardinichthys viviparus ?, Osteichthyes, Goodeidae (splitfin)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Freshwater. This illustration and also accession no. 1219 precede the earliest description of any goodeid fish by about 50 years. All fishes in this family are live bearing. This illustration depicts a dissected female with her embryos, possibly the earliest drawing of live bearing in fishes.
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