Gilt-head bream, Sparus aurata 1, common dentex, Dentex dentex 2, and annular seabream, Diplodus annularis 3. Le spare dorade, Sparus auratus, le spare dente, Sparus dentex, le spare sparaillon, Sparus annularis. 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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