Smithsonian Insider – Illustration from American game fishes, their habits, habitat, and peculiarities

Frontispiece illustration of “flies” from the 1882 book American game fishes, their habits, habitat, and peculiarities; how, when, and where to angle for them, featuring articles by many famous experts and anglers of the day. Chapters include “The Striped Bass,” “The Brook Trout,” “The Land-Locked Salmon,” “The Tarpon,” “The Pike,” “The Pickerel,” and “The Senses of Fishes.” This image is from the Smithsonian Libraries’ Galaxy of Images Website.

Tags: conservation biology, fishes, National Museum of Natural History

Illustration from American game fishes, their habits, habitat, and peculiarities

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