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How many named fossil fish species did Louis Agassiz describe in Recherches sur les poissons fossiles?
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In his landmark work Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, published in parts between 1833 and 1843, Louis Agassiz raised the number of named fossil fish species to more than 1,700.1