Birdbeak burrfish or prickly bottlefish, Cyclichthys orbicularis.

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Birdbeak burrfish or prickly bottlefish, Cyclichthys orbicularis (Orbicular diodon, Diodon orbicularis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1809.

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Size: 7032px × 4859px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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