Spotted scat catholic Harold Shepherdson (trainer)

Harold Shepherdson (trainer)

pulled by four horses

sits on his weary horse

with three starfish which the author identifies as Comatula rosacea

Valentine DUNDEE

Spotted scat catholic Harold Shepherdson (trainer)Marine biological study of the spotted scat fish, here styled Chaetodonte argo now Scatophagus argus, native to the Indo Pacific region including the seas around New Guinea. Side view with a detail of the head of a second specimen, showing red colouration, lower right. Plate from the monograph Brief van Pieter Boddaert Behelzende eene naauwkeurige Beschrijving der Amboinsche haagdis van den Gevlakten klipvisch (Amsterdam 1770). Inscribed: "II Br. G.