Critically endangered clubnose guitarfish, Glaucostegus thouin 1, Cuvier's ray, perhaps a variety of thornback ray, Raja clavata 2, and endangered fanray, Platyrhina sinensis 3. La raie thouin, Raja thouin 1, la raie cuvier, Raja cuvieri 2, la raie chinoise, Raja sinensis 3. 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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