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reign of the dog star, Sirius, the other fishes going into this torpid 

 state in tlie wintriest days. The 0^09, /Saro?, <;'7"a and /JiVr/ bury 

 themselves in the sand and after they make themselves invisible 

 they wave the things in their mouths which fishermen call little 

 rods or little wands {paS8ia^. 



200. Merluccius merluccius (L). II. M-axaXdpo (J, 



Apost. 29 (Merhicius vidgarh), ij-ay.a?udp()<}. Cont. Lex. /y.;r«za/«o9. 

 Turkish word meaning stock-fish. J/-az6e/Jry9 (Turk) = grocer. Also 

 written l3uxa/Mog and /5ax«/ij9. 



201. Mora moro (Risso). 



Apost. 29 {Mora mediterranea). 



202. Molva elongata (Otto). 

 Apost. 29 (Lota elongata). 



Family PLEURONECTID.^. 



203. Pleuronectes flesus (L). 

 Apost. 29 (Flesus passer). 



204. Psetta maxima (L). 



Apost. 30 (Rhombus maximiis), "^ xaXxdvc. 



205. Bothus rhombus (L). 

 Apost. 30 (Rhombus Icevis). 



206. Platophrys podas (De la Roche). H. 



Apost. 30 (Pleuronectes candidissimus and Bothus rhomboides). 



207. Eucitharus linguatula (L). II. D.uxTffa [^) . 



Not noticed by Apostolides. For ylwaaa see under Solea solea. 



208. Solea theophila (Risso). 

 Apost. 29 (Solea lascaris). 



209. Monochirus variegatus (Donovan). 

 Apost. 30 (Mlcrochirus variegatus). 



210. Monochirus hispidus (Rafinesque). H. * Kail'wpa. 

 Not recorded by Apostolides. 



211. Monochirus ocellatus L. 

 Apost. 29 (Solea oculata). 



