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Mullet

This is the mullet fish, here called hunane. Thomas of Cantimpré lists it under marine monsters, though it is not monstrous. The mullet illustrations sometimes show it with a beak, though why is not clear.

The image was obtained from the source listed below.

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes

Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 (Liber de natura rerum), folio 111r

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