David Starr Jordan
1851-1931
The fishes of Samoa, 1906
Lithograph on paper
The fishes of Samoa, 1906
Lithograph on paper
I went back to the American Museum of Natural History after about 8 years. I plan on going back as frequently as I can (it’s free with my student ID!) This might have been the best thing I saw and learned on my last trip. Even ichthyologists cannot always identify a fish species just by looking a…