First Fleet artwork collection

Drawing of a fish in right profile against a plain background. The fish is of fusiform body shape and is predominantly coloured olive-brown, paler underneath. The head is painted with a gradated wash while the body is covered with scales represented by grey line and wash shading. The fins are red and blue except for the dorsal fin, which is red and green with yellow spines and blue teardrop markings on the green areas. The drawing is framed with a thick black ink line and a triple-banded border, the central band of which is coloured with a pink wash and contains the title. The signature and date are located in the inner band at lower right. Most of the outer band appears to have been lost through the drawing having been cropped.