#Moonfish, caught by a dutch fisherman in 1560 and drawn by Adriaen #Coenen, fishmonger and author of three 'fish books'
Moonfish/ #Sunfish are rare in the North Sea. Three(!) are recorded 1560-83
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🖼️https://galerij.kb.nl/kb.html#/nl/visboek/page/154/zoom/2/lat/-59.355596110016315/lng/20.7421875 Just three years later, in 1563, Coenen found a large moonfish (8x6 feet) near #Scheveningen (NL), where he lived. Coenen wanted to dry it, but the winter was too wet. However, he made a drawing (now lost).
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🖼️https://dams.antwerpen.be/asset/jUZJkHhUZFeQeePAieiY0tyw/iaZLGDJZdliIbUkLTzhniazj 
