INTRODUCTION 



,l.P. vi. 105 TpiyXav (xtt dvdpaKi?]^ Kal (fiVKiSa croi, 

 Xififi'iTi \'ApT€[Mi, Soi/xr/^iai ( = Suid. *. (fn'KiSa^. The 

 statement that the (f>vKis builds a nest led Cuvier 

 to identify it with Gobius niger, the Black Goby. 

 But all the other evidence points to one of the 

 Wrasses (Labridae), for which \ei\ov, (^vKo^apo, 

 TTtrpoipapo are in M.G. generic names, and it is 

 now known that some at least of the Wrasses build 

 nests. The schol. here, as we have seen above, 

 interprets <^vKioes by Xairivai. In M G. Crenilabnis 

 pavo is Xi^TraLva, at Chalcis Xa—'iva pavpi-j and A. fieydXr] 

 and this identification is in all probability right. 



It should be pointed out that, both <f)VKLs and the 



KiVatSo? being Wrasses, it is quite |X)ssible that 



Oppian or Oppian's source may have identified 



them and thus a^ 6' may after all be the correct 



. reading. 



8. The Cirrhis (Kippt^) of H. i. 129, iii- 187, which 

 is not mentioned in Aristotle, seems to be another 

 of the Wrasses, perhaps Labrus murtus, cf. E.M. s. 



KippiS' O l^(^V9, CTTflSl) KippO'i kcTTl TTjV )(pOldl'. In H. 



i. 129 the schol., reading crKippis, interprets Xe-iSvrai 



Anlhias : Aulopias : Callichthys : Callionymus 



The chief references may be grouped as follows : 



(1) A. 570 b 19 TiKTii Se Kal 6 avXoj—ias, ov KaXoicri 

 rives dvdiav, tov Bkpov^. 



(2) A. 610 b 5 the Anthias is one of the gre- 

 garious (aye Aa tot) fishes. 



(3) A. 620 b 33 oirov dv dv6ias opady, ovk cctti 

 O-qpiov w Kttt (rrjfJLeiw y^pta/xevoi KaTaKoXvfi^wa-iv ol 

 OTToyyeis, Kal KaXoxxriv Upovs I'x^v? toi'toi-s ; cf. 



liu 



