Bulbnose unicornfish, Naso tonganus 1, giant gourami, Osphronemus goramy 2, and full moony, Monodactylus falciformis 3. Le nason loupe, l'osphroneme goramy, le monodactyle falciforme. 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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