FIG. 3 in The Expanding Role of Natural History Collections

FIG. 3. The holotype of Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 ex Forster (NHMUK 1962.12.14.5). (A) Fluid-preserved specimen collected in 1774 in Tahiti (Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific) by Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), the naturalist on James Cook's second voyage (information from Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes). (B) Radiograph of the specimen, showing details of its skeletal anatomy as well as aspects of its gut contents. Photos courtesy of James Maclaine and Nemo Martin (NHM), The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London.