Glasseye snapper, Heteropriacanthus cruentatus 1, slippery dick, Halichoeres bivittatus 2, and Christmas wrasse, Thalassoma trilobatum 3. Le labre ensanglante, Labrus cruentatus, le labre perruche, Labrus psittaculus, le labre trilobe, Labrus trilobatus. 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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