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touching the sea, for they have their fins broad and long. See 

 Cephalacanthus volitans, called x^hdoWxpapo. Cf. also Myllohatis 

 bovina, Apostolides 9. 



174. Lepidotrigla cavillone (Lacepede). 

 Apost. 16 (Trigla cavillone). 



Family SCORP^NIDJE. 



175. Scorpaena scrofa (L.) H. Ixop-co^ (.J. 



Apost. 16 (Scorpcena scrofa), f /r/.a/j-r^a. According to Aposto- 

 lides (T/.dji-u')^ is common name of S. parens. Ix<ip7zi<ig = scorpion. 

 As name of a fish Aristotle, 1531a 20, 508b 17, 593a 7, 598a 14. 

 It has many pyloric appendages, breeds (spawns) twice a year, alter- 

 nates between the open sea and the shallow water along the shore ; 

 the (T/.(ip-{d£'$ breed in the open sea (rd -iAayoi'). 



Athen. vii, 115. Num. "Red ijy.(i/>-i<)'i." Hicesius says: "Of 

 the (TXDp-int one kind is pelagic the other littoral ; the former is a 

 fiery red, the latter blackish. Epicharmus calls the (7/j>p-i(><i -ouiloq, 

 variegated. It is solitary and eats seaweed. Aristotle mentions 

 ay-oprdoi and (T/.np-ioz'i in different places. It is not clear whether 

 he means the same fish by these two names. That we have fre- 

 quently eaten both <r-/.(>p-avja and ff-Aop-im and that the flavors and 

 colors are different, no one is ignorant. Archestratus, in his 

 " Golden Words," says : " Buy the small (7v.i>p-i»^, but beware of a 

 big one." Athen. viii, 52. The tawny, pelagic (T/.<>p-i'n are more 

 nutritious than the large ones of the shoal water near shore. 



176. Scorpaena porcus (L). 



Apost. 16 (Scorpcena porcus), (r/.opruo'i and -\ yd{fTri^\ 



Family OALLIONYMID^. 



177. Callionymus festivus (L). II. 

 Not noticed by Apostolides. 



Family GOBIIDiE. 



178. Gobius niger (L). 

 Apost. 15. . 



179. Gobius jozo (L). H. hiofUo^ (3). 



Apost. 14 (Gobius jozo), -/.wfiu'i^, ■^yioCu'i^. According to Aposto- 

 lides /.foftuj^ and yojfnii^ are common names for all species of the 



