Emperor angelfish (juvenile), Pomacanthus imperator 1, convict surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus 2, and rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor 3. Holacanthe geometrique, Holacanthus geometricus, holacanthe zebre, Acanthurus zebra, holacanthe tricolor. 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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