Rabbit fish or rat fish, Chimaera monstrosa 1, and American elephantfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus 2. La chimere arctique 1, la chimere antarctique, Callorhynchus antarcticus. 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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