Shortnose boxfish, Rhynchostracion nasus 1, yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicum 2, and humpback turretfish or camel cowfish, Tetrosomus gibbosus 3. L'Ostracion museau allongé, O. nasus, L'Ostracion moucheté, O. cubicus, L'Ostracion dromadaire, O. turritus. 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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