Ninespine stickleback and mackerel

Ninespine stickleback, gasterostee epinochette, Pungitius pungitius, and common mackerel, maquereau commun, Scomber scombrus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's 'Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles' 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Madame Joyeau, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. (Photo by: Florilegius/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)