Critically endangered common skate, Dipturus batis 1, and thornback ray, Raja clavata 2. La raie batis, Raja batis, la raie ronce, Raja rubus. 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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