Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations

Art Accession Number: 6331.1225

Subject: Osteichthyes, Goodeidae. Girardinichthys viviparus ? (splitfin)

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Notes: Freshwater. This illustration and also accession 1219 precede the earliest description of any goodeid fish by about 50 years. All fishes in this family are live bearing. This illustration depicts a dissected female with her embryos, possibly the earliest drawing of live bearing in fishes.