Red mullet, Mullus barbatus 58, spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus 59, tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna 60, flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 61, and armed gurnard, Peristedion cataphractum 62. 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.

---

Size: 6492px × 3460px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: armed, barbatus, cataphractum, chelidonichthys, copperplate, creatu, creature, dactylopterus, encyclopedia, engraving, fish, flying, goatfish, gottlieb, gurnard, handcolored, history, ichthyology, lucerna, maculatus, marine, mullet, mullus, natural, peristedion, pseudupeneus, red, spotted, tobias, tub, volitans, wilhelm