Graysby, Cephalopholis cruentata 1, silver bream, Rhabdosargus sarba 2, and blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri 3. Le spare sanguinolent, Serranus coronatus, le spare perroquet, Chrysophrys sarba, le spare pantherin, Cirrhites pantherinus. 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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