Halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus 4, lined sole, Achirus lineatus 5, and Dover sole, Solea solea 6. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist known as the German Buffon.

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