Queen triggerfish, Balistes vetula 1, Rhinecanthus rectangulus, reef triggerfish 2, and short-nosed tripod fish, Triacanthus biaculeatus 3. Le baliste vieille, la baliste echarpe, Balistes rectangulus, le baliste double aiguillon, Balistes biaculeatus. 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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