Fig. 1. Blennius Ocellaris. [Butterfly Blenny] Der Meerpappillon Le Perce pierre à mouche The Butterfly Fisch Fig. 2. Blennius Gattorugine. [Tompot Blenny] Der Meerhirsch Le Gattorugine

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hand-coloured copper engraving. Ichthyology print from the famous ‘D. Marcus Elieser Bloch’s, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin …Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische’, pl. 167, […Natural History of Foreign Fishes].
Considered The FINEST illustrated work on fishes EVER produced.

The Butterfly Blenny (Blennius ocellaris) is a small marine blenniid fish of Northern and Western Europe, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea and Morocco. It is usually found at a depth of 10–400 metres (33–1,312 ft) down, especially in areas with a rocky floor.
The Tompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) is a species of combtooth blenny from the north eastern Atlantic Ocean which is found in shallow, coastal waters off western Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa.

Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German physician and naturalist who is best known for his contribution to ichthyology through his multi-volume catalog of plates illustrating the fishes of the world. Brought up in a Hebrew-speaking Jewish family, he learned German and Latin and studied anatomy before settling in Berlin as a physician. He amassed a large natural history collection, particularly of fish specimens. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century, and wrote many papers on natural history, comparative anatomy, and physiology.