Butterfly Cod
Pterois sp.
Scorpaenidae
(Alecto Facsimile Edition - Plate 33)

BAU40

$550.00

40. Butterfly Cod. Pterois sp. [W,P&M]
338 x 510 mm
It is not possible to identify this fish precisely because, although Bauer has drawn it beautifully,
the number of scales on the body does not correspond with the scale count of either of the two
fishes it closely resembles. The fish, which was probably collected at Strong Tide Passage,
Queensland on 28 August 1802, belongs to a group commonly called firefishes which live in coral
reefs of the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Their elongated spines can inflict painful wounds.
W&M : 325, 342; W,P&M : 102-3