Goldfish, Carassius auratus 1,2, and southern kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus 3. Le cyprin gros yeux, Cyprinus auratus, le cyprin quatre lobes, le ciprin americain, Cyprinus americanus. 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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