Bishop-fish

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The bishop-fish in Johann Zahn's 1696 work Specula physico-mathematico-historica notabilium ac

mirabilium sciendorum

The sea bishop or bishop-fish was a type of sea monster reported in the 16th

century. According to legend, it was taken to the King of Poland, who wished to
keep it. It was also shown to a group of Catholic bishops, to whom the bishop-
fish gestured, appealing to be released. They granted its wish, at which point it
made the sign of the cross and disappeared into the sea.
Another was supposedly captured in the ocean near Germany in 1531. It refused
to eat and died after three days. It was described and pictured in the fourth
volume of Conrad Gesner's famous Historiae animalium, published in 1551 – 58
and 1587.

See also[edit]
 Oannes (mythology)
 Jenny Haniver
 Sea monk

References[edit]
 Anon? The Readers Digest book of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts
1976, various contributors
 Gesner, C. Historia Animalium
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