64 pliny's natural history. [Book XXXII. 



the orthag'oriscus," the phager,^^ the phycis^^ a rock-fish, the 

 pelamis,^^ (the largest kind of which is called " apolectum/'^^ 

 and is tougher than the tritomus) the sea-pig,^° the phtliir,^^ 

 the sea-sparrow,^- the pastinaca,^ the several varieties of the 

 polyp,^'* the scallop,^^ which is larger and more swarthy in 

 summer than at other times, and the most esteemed of which 

 are those of Mitylene/^ Tyndaris,^'' Salonse,^^ Altinum,^' the 

 island of Chios, and Alexandria in Egypt ; the small scallop,'^ 

 the purple, ''^ the pegris,'''^ the pinna,''^ the pinnotheres,^^ the 

 rhine''* or squalus of the Latins, the turbot,'^'^ the seams'^'' a 

 fish which holds the first rank at the present day ; the sole,'® the 

 sargus,''^ the squilla,^" the sarda®^ — such being the name of an 

 elongated pelamis^^ which comes from the Ocean; the scomber,®^ 

 the salpa,®^ the soms,^^ the scorpsena,®*^ the sea-scorpion,®' the so- 

 las,®® the sciaena,®^ the sciadeus,^° the scolopendra,^' the srayrus,®^ 

 the saepia,®^ tiio strombus,^'* the solen,^^ otherwise known as the 



'5 The same, probably, as the "orbis." See Chapters 5 and 9 of the 

 present Book. ^^ Or phagrus. See B. ix. c. 24. 



*'' See B. ix. c. 42. ^^ A young tunny. See B. ix. c. 20. 



59 A " choice bit." See B. ix. c. 20. 



6° See B. ix. c. 17. ^' This fish has not been identified. 



62 See B. ix. c. 36. ^^ Or sting-ray. See B. ix. c. 40. 



6i See B. ix. c. 48. 65 gee B. ix. c. 51. ee See B. v. c. 39. 



67 Probably the place of that name in Sicily, mentioned in B. ii. c. 94, 

 and B. iii. c. 14. 6. gee B. iii. c. 26. 



69 See B. iii. c. 22. 7° " Pectunculus." See Note 65 above. 



'1 See B. ix. c. 60. '^ ^^ unknown fish. The reading is doubtful. 



73 See B. ix. c. 66. ^4 gee B. ix. c. 66. " gee B. ix. c. 40. 



'6 " Rhombus." See B. ix. c. 36. 



'■ See B. ix. c. 29. 's gee B. ix. c. 36. " gee B. ix. c. 30. 



^^ The same, perhaps, as the "pinnotheres" of B. ix. c. 66, a kind of 

 shrimp. **i See Chapter 17 of this Book. 



82 See B. ix. c. 18. ^3 gge B. ix. c. 19. s^ See B. ix. c. 32. 



85 Considered by Sillig to be the same as the "Saurus" of Chapter 28 of 

 this Book ; the " sea-hzard," apparently. 



86 It does not seem to have been identified ; though Rondelet says that 

 it is the same as the Rascasse of the Mediterranean. 



«■ See B. XX. c. 53, and Chapters 23, 30, 32, 34, and 35 of this Book. 

 ^'^ This fish has not been identified ; indeed the reading is very doubtful. 



89 See B. ix. c. 24. 



90 A fish similar to the preceding one, probably ; some kind of ombre, 

 Littre thinks. 9i See B. ix. c. 67. 



92 Probably the same as the " Myrus " of B. ix. c. 39. 

 . 93 gee B. ix. c. 45. 94 gee Chapter 30 of this Book. 



95 See Chapter 32 of this Book. 



