Acanthurus Vittatus
The Acanthurus Vittatus a name nearly as eloquent as its striped & colored beauty. This plate is almost 2 centuries ago, published in 1833. Plates exhibit a lost art and craft akin to some of the subjects of focus itself. It’s habitat, the Coast of Ceylon, has been since renamed a more familiar, Sri-Lanka. The history of fishing is not just in the lures we use to catch them but appreciating some of these natural wonders. Catching this fish on either the fly or spin would be a treat and I wonder if it was considered rare in 1833 if it even exists today.
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Acanthurus Vittatus
Order, Thoracic
Native Name, Seweyah
A. Vittatus. Armed near the caudal fin with a sharp curved spine. Body striated.
The Seweyah is an extremely scarce fish on the southern coast of Ceylon: inhabits rocky situations and is not in request but for the gratification of the Naturalist. It seldom exceeds sixteen or seventeen inches in length, and is well armed near the caudal fin with a sharp curved spine, which it raises or depresses at pleasure: the former is the case when the animal is in a state of excitement or rage. The spine when depressed is scarcely visible within the scabbard which nature has assigned it, resembling in appearance a recent incision.
For the present figure, six or seven specimens were procured, no two of which were alike in arrangement of the blue and yellow streaks near the caudal fin.
No lateral line visible to the naked eye.
