Red scorpionfish, Scorpaena scrofa 1, spotted scorpionfish, Scorpaena plumieri 2, and spotfin lionfish or raggedfinned scorpionfish, Pterois antennata 3. Le scorpene truie, le scorpene plumier, le scorpene antennee, Scorpaena antennata. 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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