AMNH Special Collections:
35mm color slides of fishes

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Slide# Subject Common name Scientific name Category
5343 Evolutionary Tree of Fishes. Part of Treasure 18. Hall of Permanent Exhibits
Ocean Life.
K 17849 Dr. Melanie Stiassny, AMNH Ichthyologist Portraits
5345 Fish displayed according to cladistics. AMNH Hall of Permanent Exhibits
Ocean Life. Evolutionary Tree of Fishes also in picture.
5344 Evolutionary Tree of Fishes. Part of Treasure 18. Hall of Permanent Exhibits
Ocean Life.
781 The Lerner Marine Laboratory from the air. AMNH General
6622 Grunt [fish]. From The American Drawings of John White, Art and Illustration
1577-1590, with Drawings of European and Oriental
Subjects, (1964), by Paul Hope Hulton and David Beers
Quinn.
K 10288 Congiopodus spinifer - Family: Congiopodidae Congiopodus spinifer Permanent Exhibits
6666 Cyprin macrophthalmus, by Johann Friedrich Hennig in Cyprin macrophthalmus Art and Illustration
Systema Icthyologiae Iconibus CX Illustratum, 1801.
6668 Exocoetus mesogaster [flying fish?]. By Johann Friedrich Exocoetus mesogaster Art and Illustration
Hennig, from Systema Icthyologiae Iconibus CX
Illustratum, 1801.
K 10291 Paraliparis fimbriatus - Family: Cyclkopteridae (Lumpfish Paraliparis fimbriatus Permanent Exhibits
and SnaiIfishes)
6667 Platystacus anguillaris. By Johann Friedrich Hennig, in Platystacus anguillaris Art and Illustration
Systema Icthyologiae Iconibus CX Illustratum, 1801.
7525 Adult and juvenile anchovies, Pterengraulis atherinoides, anchovy Pterengraulis Collections
from South America. Related to sardines and herrings, atherinoides
anchovies are easily recognized by their prominent snout
and long underslung jaw. The enzyme-based clearing
and staining technique used here shows the cartilage
(stained blue) in the young, which is replaced by bone
(stained red) as they grow, until a fully ossified skeleton is
formed.
K 15473 Angelfish Angelfish Field Photographs
P 58 Apagonid Fish Apagonid Field Photographs
K 9240 Archer Fish, so called because it shoots tiny bullets of Archerfish Field Photographs
water.
K 14272 Batfish. Piso, Willem. Historia naturalis Brasiliae. Batfish Art and Illustration
Amsterdam, 1648. Page 143.
P 239 Blow Fish Blowfish Field Photographs
P 52 Butterfly Fish butterfly fish Field Photographs
K 10293 Chaetodon lunula - Family: Chaetodon (Butterfly Fishes). butterfly fish Chaetodon lunula Permanent Exhibits
K 10295 Butterfly Fish (Holocanthus sp.) - Family: Chaetodon butterfly fish Holocanthus sp. Permanent Exhibits
(Butterfly Fishes).
K 10294 Banded Butterfly Fish (Chaetodon striatus) - Family: butterfly fish, banded Chaetodon striatus Permanent Exhibits
Chaetodon (Butterfly Fishes).
K 10281 Smooth Butterfly Ray (Gymnura) - Family: Dasyatidae butterfly ray, smooth Gymnura Permanent Exhibits
(Sting Rays)
6322 Lake Victoria Cichlids. By J. Green, from George Albert cichlid, Lake Victoria Harpagochromis Art and Illustration
Boulenger, Zoology of Egypt: fishes of the Nile, London, cavifrons and H. spekii
1907.
Slide# Subject Common name Scientific name Category
6323 Lake Victoria Cichlid. By J. Green, from George Albert cichlid, Lake Victoria Harpagochromis Art and Illustration
Boulenger, Zoology of Egypt: fishes of the Nile, London, victorianus
1907.
6324 Lake Victoria Cichlids. By J. Green, from George Albert cichlid, Lake Victoria Hoplotilapia retrodens & Art and Illustration
Boulenger, Zoology of Egypt: Fishes of the Nile, London, Prognathochromis
1907. flavipinnis &
Lipochromis microdon
6319 Lake Victoria Cichlids. By J. Green, from George Albert cichlid, Lake Victoria Platytaeniodus degeni Art and Illustration
Boulenger, Zoology of Egypt: fishes of the Nile, London, and Astotilapia martini
1907.
6321 Lake Victoria Cichlids. By J. Green, from George Albert cichlid, Lake Victoria Prognathochromis Art and Illustration
Boulenger, Zoology of Egypt: fishes of the Nile, London, longirostris : P.
1907. prognatha
6320 Lake Victoria Cichlids. By J. Green, from George Albert cichlid, Lake Victoria Prognathochromis Art and Illustration
Boulenger, Zoology of Egypt: fishes of the Nile, London, percoides :
1907. Labrochromis ishmaeli
6317 Blackfin Cisco. By Charles B. Hudson, from David Starr cisco, blackfin Coregonus nigripinnus Art and Illustration
Jordan & Barton Warren Evermann, A review of the
salmanoid fishes of the Great Lakes with notes on the
whitefishes of other regions, Bulletin of the Bureau of
Fisheries, Washington, 1909.
6318 Deepwater Cisco. By Charles B. Hudson, from David Starr cisco, deepwater Coregonus johannae Art and Illustration
Jordan & Barton Warren Evermann, A review of the
salmanoid fishes of the Great Lakes with notes on the
whitefishes of other regions, Bulletin of the Bureau of
Fisheries, Washington, 1909.
K 9239 Clown Fish Clownfish Field Photographs
K 15474 Clown Fish with Sea Anemone Clownfish :sea Field Photographs
anemone
K 15481 Living Lung Fish from Africa Coelacanth Field Photographs
6311 Lake Lanao Cyprinid. Artist Unknown, from Albert W.C.T. cyprinid Mandibularca resinus Art and Illustration
Herre, "Distribution of the true fresh-water fishes in the
Philippines," Phillipine journal of science, Manila, 1924.
6312 Lake Lanao Cyprinid. Artist Unknown, from Albert W.C.T. cyprinid Puntius baoulan Art and Illustration
Herre, "Two new fishes from Lake Lanao," The Phillipine
journal of science, Manila, 1926.
6313 Lake Lanao Cyprinid. Artist Unknown, from Albert W.C.T. cyprinid Puntius tras Art and Illustration
Herre, "Two new fishes from Lake Lanao," The Phillipine
journal of science, Manila, 1926.
6309 Mexican Dace. Artist Unknown, from David Starr Jordan, dace, Mexican Evarra eigenmanni Art and Illustration
The fishes of North and Middle America, Bulletin of the
United States National Museum, No. 47, Washington,
1896-1900.
6314 Mexican Dace. By W. D. Douglas from Seth Eugene dace, Mexican Evarra tlahuacensis Art and Illustration
Meek, A contribution to the ichthyology of Mexico, Field
Columbian Museum Zoological Series, Chicago, 1902.
P 57 Damsel Fish damselfish Field Photographs
K 9244 Demoiselle (Damsel Fish) damselfish Field Photographs
K 15475 Eel - two in the water eel Field Photographs
K 10282 European Electric Ray (Torpedo torpedo) - Family: electric ray, European Torpedo torpedo Permanent Exhibits
Torpedinidae (Electric Rays)
K 10279 Fanfish (Platyrhina sinensis) - Family: Dasyatidae (Sting fanfish Platyrhina sinensis Permanent Exhibits
Rays)
Slide# Subject Common name Scientific name Category
4411 Fish. Watercolor for Pike, Fish of Mauritius. Watercolor by fish Art and Illustration
Nicolas Pike.
4416 Burrfish. Plate 52 from Hulton and Quinn, The American fish Art and Illustration
Drawings of John White, 1577-1590, Volume II.
4412 Fish. Watercolor for Pike, Fish of Mauritius. Watercolor by fish Art and Illustration
Nicolas Pike.
7521 Fish with cartilaginous "horns" and fin extensions, side fish Collections
view. The enzyme-based clearing and staining technique
used here colors bones red and cartilage blue to reveal
the complex structure of fishes.
4718 Lobotes ocellatus [a fish]. Page 129 from Von Spix, J. B. fish Art and Illustration
and Agassiz, L. Selecta general et species piscium, 1829.
7518 Two fish, top view of one and side view of other. The fish Collections
enzyme-based clearing and staining technique used here
colors bones red and cartilage blue to reveal the complex
structure of fishes.
5913 Chaunax pictus [a fish]. Volume III, Plate 51. Illustration by fish Art and Illustration
Rev. E.H. Woodall. Transactions of the Zoological Society
of London, 1849.
7524 Two butterfly fish, Chaetodon reticulatus, float above a fish Collections
surgeonfish, Zebrasoma veliferum -- coral reef fish
belonging to distantly related families. The enzyme-based
clearing and staining technique used here colors bones
red and cartilage blue to reveal the complex structure of
fishes.
K 14218 Exotic fish. Renard, Louis. Poissons, ecrevisses et fish Art and Illustration
crabes… Amsterdam, 1754. Plate XIV.
4410 Fish. Watercolor for Pike, Fish of Mauritius. Watercolor by fish Art and Illustration
Nicolas Pike.
4409 Holacanthus imperator. Watercolor for Pike, Fish of fish Art and Illustration
Mauritius. Watercolor by Nicolas Pike.
4408 Fish. Original watercolor drawing for Pike, Fish of fish Art and Illustration
Mauritius. Watercolor by Nicholas Pike.
3398 Basic fish skeleton. AMNH Hall of Ocean Life. Original fish Old Permanent
photo by A. Rota, 1969. Exhibits
6631 3 fishes, Pl. XXXI, Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de fish Art and Illustration
diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires, que l'on
trouve autour des isles Moluques et sur les cotes des
terres australes. Amsterdam : Chez Reinier & Josue
Ottens, 1754
6632 5 fishes, Septieme Planche from Poissons, ecrevisses et fish Art and Illustration
crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires,
que l'on trouve autour des isles Moluques et sur les cotes
des terres australes. Amsterdam : Chez Reinier & Josue
Ottens, 1754
K 14219 Koi (goldfish). Sauvigny, Edme Louie. Histoire naturelle goldfish Art and Illustration
des dorades de la Chine. Paris, 1780. Opposite page 32.
K 15476 Goldfish goldfish Field Photographs
K 15477 Goldfish several in pond. goldfish Field Photographs
5302 Cyprin macrophthalmes, telescope goldfish, China. Plate goldfish Cyprin macrophthalmus Art and Illustration
410 from Bloch, Allgemeine Naturgeshichte der Fische.
K 14275 Goosefish. Salviani, Ippolito. Aquatilium animalium Goosefish Art and Illustration
historiae. Rome, 1554. Plate 47.
K 17636 Diver and groupers in artificial reef, Puerto Madryn grouper Field Photographs
Slide# Subject Common name Scientific name Category
K 17639 Scuba diver with grouper at Las Grutas Beach grouper Field Photographs
K 11347 Guppy guppy Field Photographs
K 11343 Guppies 2 in aquarium. guppy Field Photographs
K 15478 Hellerii, Red hellerii Field Photographs
K 15479 Jawfish, Yellow jawfish Field Photographs
6308 Ash Meadows Killifish. Artist Unknown, from David Starr killifish, Ash Meadows Empetrichthys merriami Art and Illustration
Jordan, "The fishes of Middle and North America," Bulletin
of the United States National Museum, No. 47,
Washington, 1896-1900.
K 15480 Lion Fish (Scorpion Fish group) lionfish Field Photographs
K 15494 Zebra or Lion Fish lionfish Field Photographs
K 15482 Mackerel Mackerel Field Photographs
K 1625 Shiner (Minnow) minnow Field Photographs
K 14270 Monkfish. Belon, Pierre. La nature et diversite des Monkfish Art and Illustration
poissons… Paris, 1555. Page 33.
6665 Two mullets, Mullus barbatus and Mullus maculatus, mullet Art and Illustration
illustrated by Johann Friedrich Hennig in Bloch, Systema
Icthyologiae Iconibus CX Illustratum, 1801.
6315 Lake Titicaca Orestias. By Paul-Louis Oudart, from orestias, Lake Titicaca Orestias cuvieri Art and Illustration
Georges Cuvier, Histoire naturelle des poissons, Paris,
1829-1849. 22 vols.
7522 North American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, swims in paddlefish, North Polyodon spathula Collections
the Mississippi River and grows to 1.5 meters in length. American
They belong to an ancient family of which the Chinese
paddlefish is the only other species alive today. The
enzyme-based clearing and staining technique used here
colors bones red and cartilage blue to reveal the complex
structure of fishes. Top view.
7523 North American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, swims in paddlefish, North Polyodon spathula Collections
the Mississippi River and grows to 1.5 meters in length. American
They belong to an ancient family of which the Chinese
paddlefish is the only other species alive today. The
enzyme-based clearing and staining technique used here
colors bones red and cartilage blue to reveal the complex
structure of fishes. Underside view.
P 241 Perch Perch Field Photographs
K 10289 Northern Spearnose Poacher (Agonopsis emmelane) - poacher, Northern Agonopsis emmelane Permanent Exhibits
Family: Agonidae (Poachers, Alligator, Fishes) spearnose
K 15485 Porcupine Fish - close-up of head. Porcupine Fish Field Photographs
K 15484 Porcupine Fish Porcupine Fish Field Photographs
K 15486 Porgy porgy Field Photographs
K 10284 Reedfish (Calamoichthys malabaricus) - Family: reedfish Calamoichthys Permanent Exhibits
Polypterida malabaricus
K 10296 Rock Beauty (Holocanthus tricolort) - Family: Chaetodon rock beauty Holocanthus tricolort Permanent Exhibits
(Butterfly Fishes).
K 15483 Pilchards (Sardines) Sardine Field Photographs
K 10290 Sea Moth (Pegasus draconis) - Family: Pegasidae (Sea sea moth Pegasus draconis Permanent Exhibits
Moths)
K 10287 Armored Sea Robin (Paristedion miniatum) - Family: sea robin, armored Paristedion miniatum Permanent Exhibits
Triglidae (Sea Robins)
K 10286 Striped Sea Robin (Prionotus evolans) - Family: Triglidae sea robin, striped Prionotus evolans Permanent Exhibits
(Sea Robins)
K 9243 Sea Horse close-up of head seahorse Field Photographs
K 15488 Sea Horse seahorse Field Photographs
Slide# Subject Common name Scientific name Category
7520 Three seahorses, side view, two lined up back to front and seahorse Collections
the other facing the other way. The enzyme-based
clearing and staining technique used here colors bones
red and cartilage blue to reveal the complex structure of
fishes.
7519 Three seahorses, side view, lined up back to front. The seahorse Collections
enzyme-based clearing and staining technique used here
colors bones red and cartilage blue to reveal the complex
structure of fishes.
K 10277 Bonito Shark (Isurus glaucus) - Family: Lamnidae shark, bonito Isurus glaucus Permanent Exhibits
(Mackerel Sharks)
K 15487 Sand Shark held on person's hand. shark, sand Field Photographs
K 15489 Shrimp Fish shrimpfish Field Photographs
K 14283 Dried skate. Aldrovandi, Ulisse. Ulyssis Aldrovandi de skate Art and Illustration
piscibus libri V et de cetis liver unus… Bologna, 1638.
Page 443.
P 56 Skate (or Guitar Fish) skate Field Photographs
K 10278 Little Skate (Raja erinacea) - Family: Rajidae (Skates) skate, little Raja erinacea Permanent Exhibits
K 10292 Atlantic Spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) - Family: spadefish, Atlantic Chaetodipterus faber Permanent Exhibits
Ephippidae (Spadefishes)
K 15490 Sphenops Fish sphenops Field Photographs
K 15491 Sting Rays stingray Field Photographs
K 10280 Fresh water Sting Ray (Potamotrygon circularis) - Family: stingray, freshwater Potamotrygon circularis Permanent Exhibits
Dasyatidae (Sting Rays)
K 15492 Stonefish - blends with coral among which it lives. stonefish Field Photographs
K 14203 Inimicus (stonefish). Siebold, Philipp von. Fauna stonefish inimicus Art and Illustration
Japonica… Leiden, 1842-1850. Plate XVIII.
K 10283 Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus album) and sturgeon, shovelnose Scaphirhynchus album : Permanent Exhibits
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser Brevirostris) - Family: Acipenser Brevirostris
Acipenseridae (Sturgeon)
6310 Harelip Sucker. Artist Unknown, from David Starr Jordan, sucker, harelip Lagochila lacera Art and Illustration
"The fishes of North and Middle America," Bulletin of the
United States National Museum, No. 47, Washington,
1896-1900.
P 240 Sunfish (Pumpkin Seed) sunfish Field Photographs
K 15493 Toadfish - close-up of face. toadfish Field Photographs
K 9246 Toadfish toadfish Field Photographs
6316 Silver Trout. By Walter H. Rich, from William Converse trout, silver Salvelinus agassizi Art and Illustration
Kendall, The fishes of New England, Memoirs of the
Boston Society of Natural History, Boston 1914.
2549 Orca. Page 698 from Aldrovandi, De piscibus. whale, killer Art and Illustration
P 59 Wrasse, Long-snout wrasse, long-snout Field Photographs
2110 Wrasse, Peacock wrasse, peacock Field Photographs
2106 Wrasse, Sling-jaw wrasse, sling-jaw Field Photographs
P 60 Wrasse, Striped wrasse, striped Field Photographs
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