HALIEUTICA, I. 98-102 



Erythinus," the Citharus * and the Red Mullet" and 

 the feeble Melanurus,** the shoals of the Trachurus,* 

 and the Sole ^ and the Plat3rurus,' the weak Ribbon- 

 fish * and the Mormyrus * of varied hue and the 

 Mackerel ' and the Carp * and all that love the 

 shores.' 



Others again feed in the mud and the shallows ** 



Ov. Hal. 1-24 Fulgentes soleae candore et concolor illis ; 

 Passer et Adriaco mirandus litore rhombus. 



» Schol. \p7)(rffia, TrXarets. Some species of Flatfish. 



* Schol. iapydvai (a term used to interpret (r<pvpaivac 

 H. i. 17-2, iii. 117 and po^i3es H. i. 17-2). A. o04b32 ij 

 KaXov/jifVT] raivia has two fins ; Athen. 329 f 2irei)(n7rjroj . . . 

 jrapairXTjcrtd (prjaiv elvai \prp-Tav, ^ovy\wa<TOv, raiviav. Busse- 

 raaker makes it Monochini^ Pegusa Risso, a species of Sole ; 

 A. and W. suggest Cobitis taenia L., the Spined Loach, as, 

 though like Cepola ruhcsrens Cuv, (C taenia Bloch) it has 

 two pairs of fins, the pectoral are very short- 



' C. i. 74 n. For habitat. Marc. S.'= Archestr. ap. Athen. 

 313 f fiSpfj-vpoi aiyiaXevi ; A. P. vi. 304 'AktIt' 5. KaXafjLfiird, 

 totI ^ep6v IXO' diro ir^rpas \ Kal fie XdjS' evapxcv icpihiov ifjuroXta' [ 

 atre av y' iv Kvprtf) fieXavovpidas atre tlv' dypeh fiopftvpcv fj 

 Kix^V ^ airdpov •^ (Tfiapida. 



* Scomber scomber L., M.G. ffKovfi^pl (Apost. p. 13). 

 A. 571 a 14, 597 a 2-2, 599 a -2, 610b 7; Athen. 121a, 321a. 

 They are pelagic fishes (Ov. Hal. 94 gaudent pelago quales 

 scombri), but "at certain seasons approach the shores in 

 countless multitudes, either prior to, during, or after breed- 

 ing, or else for predaceous purposes," Day, i. p. 85. 



* Ci/prinus carpio L., abundant in lakes of Thessaly and 

 Aetolia, M.G. cra^dvi, Kap\6\papo in Thessaly, rcrepovKXa in 

 Aetolia (Apost. p. 23). Cf. A. 568 b 26, etc. ; Athen. 309 a f. 

 " It mostly frequents ponds, canals, sluggish pieces of water 

 . . . being especially partial to localities possessing soft, 

 marly, or muddy bottoms," Day, ii. p. 159. 



* A. 488 b 7 Twv daXarriuv to, fiev irtXayia, rd 5e alyiaXd)8Tj, 

 rd 8e Trfrpaia. 



« T€vayu5-ns as an epithet of fish is opposed to jreXdyios 

 Hices. ap. Athen. 320 d ; cf. A. 548 a 1 , 602 a 9. For Tivayo% 

 cf. Herod, viii. 129; Find. X. iii. -24. 



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