Broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle 1, short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus 2, and sargassum pipefish, Syngnathus pelagicus 3. Le syngnathe trompette, le syngnathe hyppocampe, le syngnathe tuyau. 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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