Picture No | 10005541 |
Date | 1883 |
Description | Fishing for Pyrosoma |
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A man and woman in a boat, fishing for Pyrosoma -- the woman holds up a colony of these tiny fish, held together by gelatinous matter. Pyrosoma is a class of the Thaliacean family, forming an unattached floating colony emitting strong luminosity, common in tropical seas.
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Source | unnamed artist in Harper's Magazine, 1883 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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