European Perch Gallery

European barracuda or spit fish, Sphyraena

European barracuda or spit fish, Sphyraena sphyraena, and perch, Perca. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, 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

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Kingfisher - perched on a Summer branch - Norfolk, UK

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The impressive eighth-century castle of Almodovar del Ri

The impressive eighth-century castle of Almodovar del Rio perches high above the Guadalquivir river valley Cordoba province, Andalusia, Spain

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