OPPIAN 



/cat crfjuaplSes /cat ^Xewos the arrapOL dfj,(f)6r€pol t€ 

 jSco/ce? oaois t' aAAotcrt <j)tXov trpdcrov a/x</)tve/xea^ai. H( 



Kecrrpees au /ce^aAot re, St/catoTarov yei'os dXfi'qs, 

 Xd^paKes r d/xtat re 6paav(f)pov€s rjSe ■)(^pejjirfres 

 TTTjXafjbvSes yoyypoi re /cat ov KoXeovcnv oXiadov 

 ycLTOva vaieraovaLv aet TTorajjbolcn ddXaaaav 

 ri Xip,vaLSj odi Xapov vScop p^eraTraverai dXpLrjg, III 

 TToXX-q re Trpoxvais avpL^aXXerai IXvoeaaa, 

 eXKOfxevrj SivrjaLv (XTro ;)(0ovd?* evda vepbovrac 

 (f>op^'r]v Lfjbeprrjv yXvKepfj 0' dXl TTiaivovrai. 

 Xd^pa^ 8' ou8' avrciiv TTorapLcov diroXeLTreraL e^co, j 



" Smarts vulgaris, M.G. fffiapls, fiapLs (Apost. p. 18), a 

 small Mediterranean fish (Fam. Maenulae) : A. 607 5 22. 

 Athen. 315 b, 328 f ; Ov. Hal. 120 ; Plin. xxxii. 151, etc. 



* Seven species of Blenny are found in Greek waters : 

 Blenniiis pavo Risso, M.G. craXidpfs, B. gattoruffine, M.G. 

 aaXidpa, B, paltnicornis Cuv., B. ocellaris L., B. Montagui 

 Flem., B. trigloides Val., B. pholis L. (Apost. p. 9), Cf. 

 Athen. 288 a. 



* A Sea-bream, Fam. Sparklae, Genus Sargus, of which 

 four species occur in Greek waters: /S\ vulgaris, M.G. 

 crapyo'i, xa/»aK/3a at Siphnas ; S'. Rondeletii, M.G. <rvdpos ; 

 S. vetula, M.G. crKapos; S. annularis, M.G. (Tov^\ofj.vTr]s, at 

 Corfu (Apost. p. 16); A. 508 c 17; Ov. Hal. 106 et super 

 aurata sparukis cervice refulgens ; Mart. iii. 60. 6 res tibi 

 cum rhombo est, at mihi cum sparulo. 



" H. iii. 186 n. • H. ii. 642 n., iv. 127 n. 



' H. ii. 643 n. » //. ii. 130 n. » H. ii. 554 n. 



* We assume this to be the fish which is otherwise called 

 XpV'S. XP^/*"', xP^M'/'» etc ; A. 534 a 8 /idXicrra 5' etVi tu>v 

 IxSuwv 6^vr)K6oi Keffrpevs, xp^t^4'i ^d^pa^, adXwri, xpofus, where 

 XP^A"/* should probably be omitted as a mere v. I. for xpV«. 

 Cf. Plin. X. 193 produntur etiam clarissime audire raugil, 

 lupus, salpa, chromis ; A. 535 b 16 xj/ocpovi 5e nvas d4>id<n kclI 

 rpiynovs ovs Xiyovffi (pcoveiv, olov Mpa Kai xP^f^'-^ (o6rot ydp 

 d(pi5.aiv Siawep ypuXifffibv) ; 543 a 2 xP<5m'5 is one of the shoal- 

 fishes (xi'^o') which spawn once a year ; 601 b 29 fidXia-ra di 

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