"Ichthyological" Quotes from Famous Books
... concert was over, we entered the salt water aquarium of Naples, which is famous throughout Europe as the finest and largest ichthyological collection in the world. In the glass tanks curious sea fish darted through the water, grotesque sea monsters crawled over the pebbles, and transparent jelly fish floated slowly; pink and white sea anemones, like a bed of flowers, opened and closed, and diminutive sea animals, almost ... — A Trip to the Orient - The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise • Robert Urie Jacob |