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Chap. 53.] ANIMALS THAT EXIST IN THE SEA. 63 



the galeos,^° the garos, -^ tlie hippos,-- the hippuros,^^ the hi- 

 rundo,^'' the halipleumon/^ the hippocampus,'^^ the hepar,^^ the 

 ictinus'-^ and the iulis."® There are various kinds also of la- 

 certi,^" the springing loligo,^^ the crayfish,^- the lantern-fish,^^ 

 the lepas,^'* the larinus, the sea-hare,^^ and the sea-lion,^^ with 

 arms like those of the crab, and in the other parts of the body- 

 like the cray-fish. 



We have the surmullet^'' also, the sea black-bird,^ highly 

 esteemed among the rock-fish ; the mullet, ^^ the melanurus,^^ 

 the msena,^^ the mseotis,^^ the mursena,^^ the mys,^^ the mitu- 

 lus,*^ the mjdscus,*® the murex,*'^ the oculata,^^ the ophidion/^ 

 the oyster,^ the otia,^^ the orcynus — the largest of all the pe- 

 lamides^' and one that never returns to the Palus M8eotis, like 

 the tritomus" in appearance, and best when old — the orbis,^ 



20 A kind of squalus. See B. ix. c. 70. 21 Sce B. xxxi. c. 43. 



22 Or " horse." The crab, probably, mentioned in B. ix. c. 51. 



23 See B. ix. c. 24. '^^ Or sea-swallow. See B- ix. c. 43. 

 25 " Lungs of the sea." The same as the Pulmones, or sea-lungs, men- 

 tioned in B. ix. c. 71, and in Chapter 36 of this Book. 



-6 See B. ix. c. 1. 



2^^ Or " sea-liver." A sort of rock-fish, according to Athenaeus. 



23 The same as the " milvus*' or " sea- kite," mentioned in B. ix. c. 43. 



29 See Chapter 31 of this Book, Instead of this fish and the preceding 

 one, most of the editions mention the " elacatenes," a cetaceous fish, accord- 

 ing to Athenajus, much used for salting. 



^0 " Sea-hzards." ^ '^' See B. ix. c. 45. 



22 "Locusta." See B. ix. c. 50. ^3 " Lucei-na." See B. ix. c. 43. 



3^ Neither this fish nor the " larinus" has been identified. 



S5 See B. ix. c. 72, and Chapter 3 of this Book. 



36 See B. ix. c. 51. s? See B. ix. c. 30. 



38 See B. ix. c. 20. ^9 See B. ix. c. 26. 



40 See Chapter 8 of this Book. Holland translates tliis— "The blacke 

 taile perch, (which some take for a ruffe, others for a sea-breame)." 



*i See B. ix. c. 42. 



*2 A fish of tlie Nile, according to -S^lian. "Meryx" is another 

 reading, a kind of Scarus, it is thought. 



4-^ See B. ix. c. 23. ^^ A shell-fish. Sce B. ix. c. 56. 



45 See Chapter 31 of this Book. 



46 See Chapter 31 of this Book. ^7 ggg B. ix. c. 61. 



4s The " eye-fish.'.' A kind of lamprey has been suggested. 

 ■»9 See Chapter 35 of this Book. &" See B. ix. c. 21. 



51 '* Sea-ears." A kind of oyster, Holland savs. 

 62 See B. ix. c. 20. 



53 He speaks of it as a kind of Pelamis, a little further on, 



54 The sun-fish. See Chapter 5 of this Book. 



