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212. Solea solea (L). 11. riiixyaa (J. 



Apost. 29 {8ole(jij vulgariii), ykmrTaa, tongue, f A'oj/j.azioa at Nau- 

 pli:i and Mis^solonghi. I found jhwaaiL a common name for any 

 kind of sole. Ancient writers used fiiioyAuxraix;, ox-tongue, as name 

 of a kind of fi-h. Tlie name is quoted by Athenaeus from various 

 writers. Athen. iv, 13, Matro. "A fSiinyXajruruii whicli dwelt in the 

 foaming brine (sra)" Vii, 30. " The roughit-h [iiinyXuxTcnii;" The 

 -/.u'^oyXuxrffD'i (dog-tongue) differs from the ftnoyhimtyo^. The Attics 

 call it v'' '/'"«• Vii, 139. Speusippus says that the v'''7'^'^«, /^'"'V'''"^''''''"? 

 and rai'Ai/. are similar. BouyXwrraa?, 4'^""- and fio^ are given at the 

 end of a list of fishes, the liijt being quoted from Aristotle. Doric 

 names fidoylwntTd'i and 4<7,rTa as beh)nging to the flat fishes. The 

 Romans call the ^/^T-ra p6tjf)a<}^ which is also a Greek name. Oppian 

 Hal., i, 99. 



It is plain from the above that the (iouykojaao^ and (i>7~a were 

 much alike, if nut the same. 



Family BALISTID^. 



213. Batistes carolinensis (Gmelin). 



Apost. 12 (^Balides capriscus), "f /j.<r^o/_(nf)<i?, lone-pig. 



Family MOLIDJE. 



214. Molamola (L). 



Apost. 11 (^Orthagoriscus mold). 



215. Ostracion trigonus (L). 

 Apost. 12. 



A We.«t Indian species, said by Apostolides to have been taken 

 at fekiathos, which is proi)ably an error. 



Family LOPHIIDJE. 



216. Lophius piscatorius (L). 11. ^^'^ lk(T/.fv^8f)iTX.a or ^ Trsffxa'^Tptr^a (2). 



Apost. 14 (Lophius piscatorius). Probably of Italian origin, 

 meaning Msher. -\ XXda/M at Chalcis, '\ ay-Xtii-du and '\ fSarpayoil^apo 

 at Patras. T\\Q f:!rir[ir/.yi>^ 6 dXcsn^ (the fisher frog) of Aristotle. See 

 Aristotle .50oa 6 b 4, 50Bb 16, 5()4b 18, 5(Job 29, 670b 30, 620b 11 

 ff, G95b 14, 6;)6a 27, 749a 23, 754a 23 fi; 755a 9, 835b 13, lo27b 

 41-43,5401)18. 



A ri-totle says with regard to the ftdrjxiyo'i: "Inasmuch as the 

 flat front part is not fleshy, nature has compensated for this by 



