European flounder, Platichthys flesus 1, spotted flounder, Citharus linguatula 2, and Commerson's sole, Synaptura commersonnii 3. Le pleuronecte moineau, le pleuronecte grandes ecailles, le pleuronecte commersonnien. 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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