European perch, Perca fluviatilis 1, shi drum, Umbrina cirrosa 2, and European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax 3. La perseque perche, Perca fluviatilis la perseque umbre, Umbrina vulgaris, la perseque diacanthe, Labrax lupus. 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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