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74. Atherina mochon (Cuvier A Yal). H. \ii>£piya (j). 

 Not noticed by Apostolides. 



Family SPHYRJENIDJE. 



75. Sphyraena sphyraena (L). H. .1"~)7:^«^- (J. 



Apost. 28 {Sphyrcena spet), /.onr^^o^ and f f^f'JponvoL, the fffjpacva 

 of Aristotle, 610b 5. Tlie (rcpupacva is gregarious. 



Athen. vii, 122. The Attic Greeks call the ij<f'\na'.va y'.i/7Tpa. 

 Speiisippus says that the -/.ifizpa (or <r<fupa'.-Mi) [izhhri and ftaupiq are 

 similar. 



Family XIPHIIDJE. 



76. Xiphias gladfus (L.) 



Apost. 21 (Xiphias gladius), f r;cr;oi\ Hesychius gives |:g'£w«' as 

 equal to ^'.(fia<;. The name is derived from |tV?) sword, and means 

 sword-fish. For cKsia^ see Aristotle 1530a 17-21, 505b 18, 506b 

 16, 602a 26 30. 



Arist. says of the :'.(f''aq : It has eight double gills on each side, 

 and has the gall on the entrails ; in the dog-days it has beside its 

 fins a sort of little worm called (narpn<i, like a scorpion, as large as 

 a spider. These cause them such pain that at times the ctf :«? leaps 

 out of the water like the dolphin, and at times they even fall into 

 boats. 



Athen. vii, 96, says that Aristotle says : " The ^'.(fia'? has the under 

 part of its beak short but the upper part bony and large, equal to 

 its whole size. This is called the sword (ItVO* but the fish has no 

 teeth." 



Family ECHINEIDIDJG. 



77. Echeneis naucrates (L). 

 Apost. 22. 



78. Remora remora (L). 



Apost. 22 {Echeneis remora). 



Family OORYPHJENIDJE. 



79. Coryphaena hippurus (L.) 



Apost. 21 (Coryphcena hippurus'), J ).ap.-ouya, ^ p.a'jah.a. 



