Wels catfish, Silurus glanis 1, gnarled catfish, Bunocephalus verrucosus 2, and Asian stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis 3. Le silure glanis, le silure verruqueux, Aspredo verrucosa, le silure fossile, Silurus fossilis. 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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