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one who has most enriched the history of fishes. He made known 100 (105), 

 all at that epoch new to science, and has given descriptions very superior to all 

 the authors who had preceded him. 



Gunther (1880) writes: 



Markgrav especially studied the fauna of the country ... his fourth book 

 treats of fishes. He describes about 100 species, all of which had been previously 

 unknown, in a manner far superior to that of his predecessors. The accom- 

 panying figures are not good, but nearly always recognizable, and giving a fair 

 idea of the form of the fish. 



Fig. 1. Nar&nari, after Marcgrave, page 176. 



Jordan (1905) notes that 



Marcgraf described about 100 species, all new to science, under Portuguese 

 names and with a good deal of spirit and accuracy. . . . This is the first study 



