▁the ▁ 8 0 ▁metal - eng ra ved ▁pl ates ▁that ▁completed ▁the ▁work , ▁and ▁this ▁is ▁acknowled ged ▁on ▁the ▁title ▁page . ▁The ▁English - language ▁version , ▁The ▁Or n ith ology ▁of ▁Francis ▁Will ugh by ▁of ▁Middle ton , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 8 , ▁included ▁additional ▁material , ▁including ▁a ▁section ▁on ▁f ow ling ▁to ▁bro aden ▁its ▁appeal , ▁but ▁had ▁no ▁mention ▁of ▁Will ugh by ' s ▁wid ow . ▁Its ▁commercial ▁success ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁its ▁influence ▁was ▁prof ound . ▁ ▁Fish ▁The ▁next ▁book , ▁on ▁fish , ▁was ▁many ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁making ; ▁Will ugh by ' s ▁wid ow ▁had ▁rem ar ried , ▁and ▁her ▁new ▁husband , ▁Jos iah ▁Child , ▁had ▁bar red ▁Ray ▁from ▁accessing ▁his ▁friend ' s ▁papers . ▁Furthermore , ▁there ▁were ▁far ▁more ▁known ▁species ▁of ▁fish ▁than ▁there ▁were ▁birds ▁to ▁describe , ▁and ▁Ray ▁was ▁working ▁on ▁his ▁own ▁History ▁of ▁Pl ants . ▁The ▁Historia ▁P is ci um ▁was ▁finally ▁published ▁in ▁Latin ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 6 ▁with ▁a ▁dedic ation ▁to ▁Samuel ▁P ep ys , ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society , ▁who ▁had ▁made ▁a ▁gener ous ▁financial ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁project . ▁The ▁book ▁had ▁four ▁sections : ▁an ▁introduction ▁to ▁fish ▁bi ology ; ▁cet ace ans ; ▁cart il agin ous ▁fish ▁( sh arks ▁and ▁ray s ); ▁and ▁b ony ▁fish