Amphibian Man

Argentinean doctor Salvator, a scientist and a maverick surgeon, gives his son, Ichthyander (Russian: Ихтиандр, Ikhtiandr) (Greek etymology: "Fish"+ "Man") a life-saving transplant - a set of shark gills.

Pedro Zurita, a local pearl gatherer, learns about Ichthyander and tries to exploit the boy's superhuman diving abilities.

Similar to other works by Beliaev, the book investigates the possibilities of physical survival under extreme conditions, as well as the moral integrity of scientific experiments.

It is suggested the Belyayev borrowed the plot from the 1909 French novel The Man Who Can Live in Water [fr] by Jean de La Hire.

In 1911 the magazine Свет (Light) published the translation[2] of the French novel under the title Иктанэр и Моэзетта (Hictaner and Moisette).