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Questa è un’altra Pescemugler1 o veramte  pesce don[n]a, ma con il manto ser[r]ato, dipinta cosi supina p[er] vedere come stà mà però quando nota stà voltata sottosopra ne si distingue dal’altri pesci.

This is another Pescemugler or really woman fish, but with its mantle closed and pictured in this manner supine to see how it is but when it swims it is turned upside down and cannot be cannot be distinguished from the other fishes. 

  • 1. Manatee [Trichechus senegalensis].
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