Leopard grouper, Cephalopholis leopardus 1, barred thicklip wrasse, Hemigymnus fasciatus 2, and flier, Centrarchus macropterus 3. Le labre leopard, Labrus leopardus, le labre malepteronome, Labrus malapteronotus, Labrus le labre iris, Labrus irideus. 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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