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English: The spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei, formerly Chimaera colliei).(The title from the source, "36. Callorhyncus antarcticus. (p. 32).", is believed to be incorrect.)
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Apparently George Brown Goode (1851–1896) and Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916).
(Drawing outline from plate XXIII ("Chimaera colliei" by "Sowerby") of J. Richardson [et al.] (1839) The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage: Compiled from the Collections and Notes made by Captain Beechey, the Officers and Naturalist of the Expedition, during a Voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits Performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, in the Years 1825, 26, 27 and 28 ... Illustrated with upwards of fifty finely coloured plates by Sowerby, London: H.G. Bohn, p. 70–71 OCLC: 52173305. See Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology (1895), p. 3*.)
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English: The spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei, formerly Chimaera colliei).
(The title from the source, "36. Callorhyncus antarcticus. (p. 32).", is believed to be incorrect.)
Date circa 1895
date QS:P571,+1895-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source/Photographer [1]. Published as illustration 36 in plate X of G[eorge] Brown Goode; Tarleton H[offman] Bean (1895) Oceanic Ichthyology, a Treatise on the Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, based chiefly upon the Collections made by the Steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the Northwestern Atlantic, with an Atlas containing 417 Figures, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office for the Smithsonian Institution OCLC: 162714023.

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current12:31, 28 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 12:31, 28 March 20061,189 × 469 (24 KB)Gdr (talk | contribs)Elephantfish, ''Callorhinchus callorynchus''. From plate 10 of ''Oceanic Ichthyology'' by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. {{PD-old}} From [http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nmfs/images/big/figb0586.jpg] [[Category:Callorhynchidae]

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