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Mermaid or "sea-wife" of Boeroe (Buru), etc. The rather seal-like ''Sterhaay'' apparently represents [Eu]crossorhinus dasypogon (tasselled wobbegong)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IEBnAAAAcAAJ&dq=Sterhaay Bleeker (1867), p. 2]</ref>

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English: Mermaid of Boeroe (Buru), Molucca Islands (fmr. Ambon Province) and sea creatures of the Maldives. Line drawing by [Hendrick van?] Balen, engraved by Ottomar Elliger Junior.
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Source Valentyn, François (1726) "Verhandling der Water-Dieren: 3de Hoofdstuck. I. Van de Zee-Menschen" in [Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën, 3, Dordrecht/Amsterdam-->: Johannes van Braam/Gerard onder de Linden
Author François Valentyn 1666 – 1727

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