Critically endangered common eagle ray or bullray, Myliobatis aquila 1, and common torpedo or eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 2. Le raie aigle, le raie torpille. 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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