Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 1, tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna 2, and African armoured gurnard, Peristedion cataphractum 3. Le dactyloptere pirapede, Dactylopterus pirapeda, le trigle hirondelle, Trigla hirundo, le persistedion malarmat, Peristedion malarmat. 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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