Alfonsino Fish Mount 26" Taxidermy Replica Wood Carving Sculpture Wall Art
Price: $94.00
This Alfonsino fish mount is hand-made from Albizia Furcata wood. It is hand-painted using an air brush with a nitrocellulose lacquer top coat for a "wet-look" finish. This fish sculpture was carefully carved to create a fish replica. It is a half mount with a flat back with two holes for hanging on a wall. It is a beautiful hand-crafted piece of fish art that will surely get noticed by everyone who sees it.
| Length: | 26" (65 cm) |
| Height: | 15" (37 cm) |
| Thickness: | 2.5" (5 cm) |
| Weight: | 2.6 lb |
| Material: | Albasia Furcata Wood |
FISH FACTS
| Family: | Berycidae |
| Genus: | Beryx |
| Species: | decadactylus |
| Scientific Name: | Beryx decadactylus |
| Length: | To 3' 4" (100 cm), usually to 1' 2" (35 cm) |
| Weight: | To 5.5 lb (2.5 kg) |
| Habitat: | Bathydemersal; marine; depth range 110 - 1000 m, usually 200 - 400 m. |
| Range: | Worldwide in temperate and tropical latitudes, except the eastern Pacific. Eastern Atlantic: Greenland, Iceland, and Norway to Western Sahara and South Africa, including western Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: south to Brazil. Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. |
| Comments: | This and several other species of the genus Beryx, like the splendid alfonsino are commercially harvested throughout the world, often distributed under the names of imperador, red bream, and Tasmanian snapper. |
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