One Example of Museum Photographic Holdings —Captive Portraits of Fish—

Abstract

In a museum, various sorts of photographs are taken to meet an assortment of needs. For example, photographs of living fish may be taken in captive settings such as an aquarium tank. Here I will report on the characteristics and uses of such photographs, which are different from those taken of inanimate objects or preserved specimens. They are also different from underwater photographs taken of live fish in the wild, but are particularly suitable for explaining and comparing species in museum displays.