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because it swims near the surface, becomes star-struck in the time 

 of the dog-star ; it is also stupefied by loud thunder. The y/Myei'; in 

 the shallows are destroyed in large numbers by being struck by 

 the dragon-serpent. The river and lake fish are best after the emis- 

 sion of the eggs and semen, when they recover their flesh. The 

 ykfhi'i is not good while pregnant. In all the rest the males are 

 better than the females, but the female ^Aavj^ is better than the male. 

 Of the river fishes the male y'Ad-yi'i bestows much care upon its 

 young. The female departs when she has laid her eggs, but the 

 male, remaining where most of the eggs collect, keeps guard over 

 them, affording no other assistance except preventing the other 

 small fishes from seizing the offspring. It does this forty or fifty 

 days until the young, having grown, are able to escape from the 

 other fishes. 



Family CYPRINIDJE. 



36. Cyprinus carpio (L). 



Apost. 30-31 {Cyprimis carpio and collari), called j -/.arcTtra in 

 Thessaly. 



37. Carassius auratus (L.) 



Apost. 31 {Carassius auratus), f xozztvo^'vY'"; red-fish = t/f/''^"''^" 

 il'apo, gold-fish. Ko/.y.ivd'i is used of a light or yellowish-red, even 

 of a yellow color, e. g. ■/.ir/./.vMwi too aiiyob is yolk of the egg. 



38. Barbus meridionalis (Risso). 

 Apost. 31. 



39. Tinea tinea (L). 



Apost, 31 ( Tinea vulgaris). 



40. Leueiseus eephalus (L). 

 Apost. 31 {Squalius eephalus). 



Family CLUPEIDJE. 



41. Harengula aurita (Cuv. & Val.) II. * (Pfn/rcra d), Mfj-fir^j. (,). 

 Apost. 31 {Sardinella aurita), f f fV^a, -\ flfiiffna, j ijdfioslotjjha 



(mother of the sardine) ; ■\ ■/.i--a at Corfu. Arist. 621b 16, 1528a 

 40. Athenaeus vii, 137. 



Aristotle speaks of the Ofnrrna as one of the more bony fishes. 

 Athenaeus says .\V/./z;V}£9 and the like, fljiifrnat, rfHy^tdsQ, kpir'.ii.m. 

 Dorio mentions the river (-^//{Vro-a and calls the '/"-yii -ptyiaQ. 



