754 a 



ARISTOTLE 



(hoTOKoviievoig avdrraXiv, oiOTrep av ei ti? etVot ti^v 

 fjLfjTepa ev rfj varepa etvat* to yap 0,776 T'^s" firjrpog 

 yLvojxevov [r] Tpo(f)7]]^ ro d))(p6v euriv. aXnov 8' ort 



. r] €KTpo^ri ovK ev rfj pnqrpi earcv. 



10 Av^avofievoiv Se Trporepov 6 o/x^aAos" af^TTtTrret 

 6 Trpo? TO ■)(opiov, StoTt TavTj] Set to ^oiov i^eXdeZv, 

 TO Se AotTTOV Tou (oxpov Kal 6 ojLK^aAos" 6 et? to 

 d>Xpov vcTTepov Sci yap e;^eti' Tpo(fyrjv evdvg to 

 yevojjievov ovtc yap oltto ttjs p^rjTpos TiTdeveTau, 

 St auTou Te ouk: evdv? hvvaTai Tropit^eadai tt]v 



15 Tpo(f>riv hioTTep evTos elaepx^rai to (oxpov fieTa 

 Tov opL^aXov, Kal Trepi^veTai -q adp^. 



Td p.€v ovv €K Tcjbv TeXeioiv (pcov yivop^va dvpat,e 

 TOVTOV yiyvcTai tov TpoTTOv eTri Te tojv opvidcov 



Kal TCOV TCTpaTToScDV, Oaa W0T0K€L to d)6v TO 



(TKXrjpoSepfJiov. SiaSrjAa Se TavTa ixdXXov ettI tmv 

 p.€Lt,6voiv iv yap tols eXaTToaiv d(f>avrj Std ju,i- 



20 KpoTrjTa tu)V oyKcov iaTLV. 



Ill "Eti 8' icTTLV woTOKOv TO Twv l)(dvo}v ydvog. I 

 TouTcoi' Se TO. jxev e^ovTa KaTOj Tiqv voTepav 

 dreAe? chov tLktei Std Tr]V irpoTepov eLprjpbevrjv 

 alriav, to. Se KaXovp,€va aeXd)(rj tcov Ixdvojv iv 



25 awTOt? jLtev (hoTOKeZ TeXeiov coov e^co Se ^woTOKel, 

 TrXrjv ivo? ov KaXovai ^dTpa^ov ovTog S' wotok€l 

 dvpat,€ TeXetov cLov pbovos. aiTia S' rj tov aajp-OTog 

 (f)vai?' Tiqv Te ydp KecfiaXrjv TroXXaTrXaaiav e;;^et tov 

 XoLTTOv awp^aTos, Kal TavT'r]v aKavdcoSr] Kai a(f)o8pa 



^ seclusit Sus. 



» See 718 b 23. 



* Lophius piscatorivs does not conform to the habits of 

 the Selachians because it is not in fact a Selachian ; Aristotle 

 wrongly includes it among them. 



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