Red snapper (Pagrus auratus), 18th-century artwork. This fish is found in coastal waters around Australia, New Zealand and parts of South-East Asia. T

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Red snapper (Pagrus auratus), 18th-century artwork. This fish is found in coastal waters around Australia, New Zealand and parts of South-East Asia. This 1789 illustration, by British naval officer and artist George Raper (1769-1797), is drawing 64 from the Natural History Museum's Raper Collection.

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Size: 3619px × 2415px
Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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