Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket.
Brachaluteres jacksonianus (Quoy and
Gaimard, 1824) and other fish; (Alecto
plates 28A, 29A, 30A, 34A, 35A, 37A)

BAU31-47

$350.00

46a (28a) Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket, Brachaluteres baueri Monacanthidae
Pencil drawing, image 113mm high, paper 180 x 110mm

46b (29a) Boxfish, Anoplocapros inermis Ostraciidae
Pencil drawing, image 60mm high, paper 182 x 112mm

46c (30a) Fish mouth and scales, Bigener brownii Monacanthidae
Pencil drawing, image 51mm high, paper 182 x 110mm

46d (34a) Fish, Enoplosus armatus Enoplosidae
Pencil drawing, image 43mm high, paper 181 x 110mm

46e (35a) Fish, Odax acroptilus Odacidae
Pencil drawing, image 55mm high, paper 181 x 112mm

46f (37a) Flying fish, Exocoetus sp. Exocoetidae
Pencil drawing, image 40mm high, paper 181 x 112mm

* Plate numbers given are for the Alecto edition
Numbers in parenthesis () refer to the original Natural History Museum catalogue entry

31. Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket. Brachaluteres jacksonianus (Quoy and Gaimard,
1824) [W,P&M]
110 x 180 mm [NB: Wheeler & Moore measurements]
A pencil drawing of the fish’s head from several angles and scale details. The fish was probably
caught at Petrel Bay, St Francis Island, Nuyts Archipelago, South Australia on 4 February 1802.
W&M : 323

33. Boxfish. Anoplocapros inermis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) [W&M]
112 x 182 mm
Pencil drawings of the fish’s mouth from various angles to show detail and dentition. The fish is
believed to have been caught at Thirsty Sound, Broad Sound, Queensland on 22 September 1802.
W&M : 324

35. Spiny-tailed, or Brown’s, Leatherjacket. Acanthaluteres brownii (Richardson, 1846) [W,P&M]
182 x 110 mm [NB Wheeler & Moore’s measurements]
Bauer’s has drawn in pencil close-ups of the head and the scales of the fish, which was caught at
Princess Royal Harbour, King George Sound, Western Australia on 16 December 1801.
W&M : 324; W,P&M : 36-7

42. Old Wife. Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790) [W,P&M]
181 x 110 mm [NB:Wheeler & Moore measurements]
Bauer has made a pencil drawing, with a trace of grey watercolour, of the head of the old wife
caught in the Great Australian Bight on 24 January 1802.
W&M : 326; W,P&M : 56-7

44. Parrotfish. Odax acroptilus (Richardson, 1846) [W&M]
112 x 181 mm
Bauer has drawn the head and details of the teeth in pencil. It is not known when or where the fish
was taken but its current distribution is the southern coasts of Australia.
W&M : 326

47. Flying Fish. Exocoetus sp. [W&M]
112 x 181 mm
Pencils drawings, with a trace of grey watercolour wash, of details of parts of the flying fish.
W&M : 327