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Two Salmon of Japan
| A hand-colored lithograph of two species of salmon collected near Hakodate, Japan by members of the Perry expedition. James Carson Brevoort later studied the specimens and the drawings made by the artists in the field and recognized that these species had not previously been documented in the western scientific literature. He named the fish at top (No. 1) Salmo perryi to honor Commodore M. C. Perry. The current accepted name is Parahucho (or Hucho) perryi. Brevoort named No. 2, bottom, Salmo masou; masou is phonetically a Japanese word for salmon. The current accepted name is Oncorhynchus masou masou. |
| Image ID: | 124236 |
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| Creation Date: | before 1856 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Rare Books |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | Serials 770 |
| Original Dimensions: | 11.5 x 8.5 inches |
| From Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, Volume II. opp. page 257. Brevoort writes (p. 274) with regard to Parahucho perryi, "The Salmo herewith figured has been named after the able commander of the United States Japan Expedition, to whose efforts alone we owe the scanty yet interesting zoological collections and drawings, made under disadvantageous circumstances, while the squardron was in those distant seas." |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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