At the end of the nineteenth century, thanks to urban markets, commercial routes and the development of commercial maritime fishing, scientists were able to access specimens of different fish and marine invertebrates that were unknown until then in Argentine museums.
A fines del siglo XIX, gracias a los mercados urbanos, las rutas comerciales y la organización de la pesca comercial marítima, los científicos pudieron acceder a diversos ejemplares de peces e invertebrados marinos, hasta entonces desconocidos en los museos argentinos.