African pompano, Alectis ciliaris 1,3 and John Dory, Zeus faber 2. Le zee longs cheveux, Blepharis ciliaris, le zee forgeron, le gal verdatre, Gallus virescens. 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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