2019-04-222019-04-221988NAGA 11 (3): 8-11https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/3205The advantages of a fish painting over a photograph are many. Usually the fish photographed is dead, so its color has probably changed; the fins have to be propped up and damage often occurs. In life, a fish rarely extends its fins especially not for a photographer as they are depicted for scientific purposes. Artists have had a long association with ichthyology. In these pages, we would like to introduce and pay tribute to those artists.application/pdfCC BY 4.0Journal Article