Fork tailed paradisefish, Macropodus opercularis 1, Spanish hogfish, Bodianus rufus 2, and black-banded hogfish, Bodianus macrourus 3. Le macropode vert dore, Macropodus viridiauratus, le labre demi disque, Labrus rufus, le labre herisse, Labrus hirsutus. 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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