European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus 1, houting, Coregonus oxyrinchus 2, and unknown whitefish species 3. L'osmere eperlan, Salmo eperlanus, le coregone lavaret, le coregone large, Coregonus latus. 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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