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GalleryDevil-Fish, Mauta diabolus or Mauta birostris
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| Accession no.: | Y: 65/3/4 |
| Title: | Devil-Fish, Mauta diabolus or Mauta birostris |
| Description: | One of a group of sketches made by E.A. Wilson betwen 1878 and 1898. Pencil and wash, dated 13 February 1889. |
| Medium: | Pencil sketch |
| Note: | Further captioned beneath picture: HMS Comus, Antigua. Devil-Fish entangled in the buoy-rope. Across. fr. tip to tip 16ft 4 in. Having breadth of mouth 3ft. Head to end of tail 12.8. Tail 5ft. A sucking fish, stuck in each nostril. Mouth between nostrils & toothless. Feeds on seaweed. |
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