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Items 1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres.
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1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres.

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The fishes of New-York, described and arranged

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1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres.

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1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres.
Names
Anderson, Alexander (1775-1870) (Engraver)
Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham) (1764-1831) (Author)
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The fishes of New-York, described and arranged

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1815
Place: New York
Publisher: Literary and Philosophical Society of New York
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: Stuart 1300
Topics
Fishes -- New York (State) -- Identification
Genres
Prints
Illustrations
Scientific illustrations
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 1 print, engraving 29 x 21 cm
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 3568633
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14995134
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 93821280-c61e-012f-2788-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1775: Creator Born
  • 1815: Issued
  • 1870: Creator Died
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1815. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9f8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 15, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9f8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1815). 1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres. Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9f8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-9f8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (text) 1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres., (1815) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 15, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

1. Orange Balistes; 2. Trigger-fish, Blistes; 3. Spot=striped Diodon; 4. Hairy Diodon; 5. Puffer or toad-fish, Tetrodon; 6. Mathematical tedrodon; 7. Rudder fish or perch Coryphene; 8. Spaish Mackerel; 9. Silvery perch; 10. Spinous dory; 11/ Fresha water sucker or Cyprinus teres.