Ophicephalus, from Histoire naturelle des poissons (Natural History of Fish) is a 22-volume treatment of ichthyology published in 1828-1849 by the French savant Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) and his student and successor Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865).

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