Grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus 1, Mauritian Picasso triggerfish, Rhinecanthus cinereus 2, and unicorn leatherjacket, Aluterus monoceros 3. Le baliste caprisque, le baliste cendre, Balistes cinereus, le baliste monoceros, Balistes monoceros. Handcoloured stipple engraving from le Comte de la Cépède’s Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède, comprenant l’histoire naturelle des poissons, Paris, circa 1850. The uncredited illustrations were copied from originals by Jacques de Seve, Marcus Bloch, Robert Benard, Jean-Gabriel Pretre, etc.

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