Striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus 1, and doublebar goatfish, Parupeneus trifasciatus 2,3. Le mulle surmulet, le mulle deux bandes, Mullus bifasciatus, le mulle trois bandes, Mullus trifasciatus. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Frédéric Cazenave and others 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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