Thickback sole, Microchirus variegatus (Variegated sole, Pleuronectes variegatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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