Unicorn fish (heraldic animal)

A well-known coat of arms with the unicorn fish is that of the Silesian noble family Nimptsch .

With Unicorn fish is in the heraldry an emblem called.

Fish-tailed elephant and fish-tailed unicorn on the church ceiling of St. Martin (Zillis)

This heraldic figure is a combination of a front part of a unicorn and a fish tail as a rear part. The rare animal in the coat of arms is one of the fish-tailed animals that are considered mythical creatures . In reality there is an animal with this name, but different from the representation in heraldry. The coloring follows the heraldic rules.

literature

• Sea unicorn in the Heraldry Wiki
• Maximilian Gritzner: Large and general book of arms. Books on Demand, Bremen 2012 (reprint of the original edition Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1888), ISBN 978-3-95507-686-3 , p. 102.