Common dragonet, Callionymus lyra 1, Atlantic stargazer, Uranoscopus scaber 2, and greater weever, Trachinus draco 3. Le callionyme lyre, l'uranoscop rat, le trachine vive. 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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