Mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus 1,2, and sand tilefish, Malacanthus plumieri 3. Le coryphene chrysurus, Coryphaena chrysurus, le coryphene doradon, Coryphaena dorado, le coryphene plumier, Coryphaena plumieri. 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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