strange and wonderful herring

strange and wonderful herring
"A most Strange and wonderfull Herring" appeared on an early 1597 printed pamphlet in England. It\'s scales showed a picture of two armed men fighting on one side and on the other side "most strange Characters"

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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