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fiacrTOH'. (9) It was obviously a large fish : Geopon. 

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 special cuts of it are commended : Archestr. ap, 

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The legend that the Glaucus takes in its young 

 would suggest a Dog-fish, but the possession of caeca 

 mentioned in A. 508 b 20 is against that supposition, 

 since Selachians have no caeca. Cuvier makes the 

 Glaucus Sciaena aquila. Bussemaker makes it some 

 species of Cod {Gadi quaedani species). 



0/ios or Assfish : Oniscus : Callarias 



1. The oi'os is mentioned twice in Aristotle: (a) 

 A. 599 b 26 "Some fishes hide (c^wAft) in the sand, 

 some in the mud, with only the mouth projecting. 

 The majority hide only in winter — Crustaceans and 

 Rock-fishes and Rays and Cartilaginous fishes only 

 during the wintriest days, as is shown by the fact 

 that they are not caught when the weather is cold. 

 But some fishes hide also in summer, for instance 

 the Glaucus, which hides in summer for about 60 

 days. The Onos and the Gilthead also hide [i.e. in 

 summer]. That the Onos hides for the longest time 

 Ixii 



