INTRODUCTION 



voulu parler du raerou, du cernier, ou de tel autre 

 tres-grand acanthopterygien : toujours est-il certain 

 qu'il n'a point designe, par I'epithete de fxeyaKijrea, 

 le barbier, petit poisson qui passe a peine cinq ou 

 six pouces." 



Glaticus 



The chief references mav" be grouped as follows : 

 (l) A. 508 b 20. The Glaucus has few caecal 

 appendages (d-7ro<f)vd8a^). (2) A. 598 a 13. It is a 

 pelagic (TTcXaytos) fish. CJ'. gaudent pelago, Ovid, 

 Hal. Q*. (3) A. 599 h 32 yAavKos* ovtos yap tov 

 6€pov<i <^a)A.et irept e^rjKOvd' rjfiepas. CJ. Ovid, Hal. 

 117 Ac nunquam aestivo conspectus sidere glaucus; 

 Plin. ix. 58 quidam rursus aestus impatientia mediis 

 ferv'oribus sexagenis diebus latent, ut glaucus ; xxxii. 

 153 (tradit) (Ovidius) . . . glaucum aestate nunquam 

 apparere. (4) A. 607 b 27 ofioioi 8k kvovtes Kal fir) 

 oAtyot [i.e. a few fishes are in the same condition 

 whether with spawn or not], olov yAav/cos. (5) 0pp. 

 C. iii. 113 ohjV fjuev K0fii8rjv rcKewv €vt KV/iaiTi ScA</)is j 

 aiev €X" yAavKos re ^apoxj/ ; H. i. 749 of all ovi- 

 parous (woTOKr/€s) fishes it shows most affection for 

 its young. When the young are hatched, it remains 

 with them, and when danger threatens, dii<^i\aviov 

 KareSeKTo 8ia OTO/xa, fie(T<f>a k€ Seifia | ^dcrcrrjTaL, totc 8 

 avTi? di'€7rTvo-€ Aev'Kaviij^cv. So Ael. i. l6; Phil. 90. 



(6) Opp. H. i. 1 70 yXavKOL, are mentioned among 

 fishes which kv irkTprjcn koI Iv ^afiadoicn vep-oi'Tai. 



(7) Opp. //. iii. 193. The bait for Glaucus is the 

 Grey Mullet (k€o-t/>€vs). (8) Marc. S. 66 crvv x^oe/wis 

 Aa^av'ots 8i KaSexpOfievov yAavKoto 2a>/xos ayct yaAa 

 XevKov feXSofifvrjcrt Tt^ijvai? [ 7rtvo//£vos, TTJdai Be (ficXai 

 Tore v#y7rtai^oio-i | cAkovo-iv 7ro/xa Xapibv cvyAayewv aTro 



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