Spotfin burrfish varieties, Chilomycterus reticulatus 1,3, and striped burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfii 2, Diodon atinga, Diodon orbe, Diodon rivulatus, Diodon atinga variete. 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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