Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 1, bandwing flyingfish, Cheilopogon exsiliens 2, tropical two-wing flyingfish, Exocoetus volitans 3, and African sailfin flyingfish, Parexocoetus mento 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.

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