Red tailed synodontis or mandi, Synodontis clarias 3, and unknown catfish species 1,2. Le macropteronote hexacicienne, Macropteronotus hexacicinnus, le pimelode bagre, Pimelodus bagre, le pimelode scheilan. 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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