HALIEUTICA, I. 169-178 



to wit, the Gilt-head," named ^ from its beauty, and 

 the Weever <^ and the Siraus ** and the Glaucus * and 

 the strong Dentex,^ the rushing Scorpion,", a double 

 race, and both sorts of the long Sph}Taena'' and there- 

 withal the slender Needle-fish ' ; the Charax ^' hke- 

 wise is there and the nimble tumbling Goby *•" and 

 the savage tribe of Sea-mice,' which are bold beyond 

 all other fishes and contend even with men ; not 

 that they are so very large, but trusting chiefly to 

 their hard hide and the serried teeth of their mouth, 

 they fight with fishes and with mightier men. 



Athen. 3-20 f iv di Tre/UTrrif? fi^uy fMOpiuf 6 'Api<TTOTe\r]i (niopiriovs 

 /cat (TKopiridas ev 5La<p6pois tottoij ovofid^d dSriXoy de ei tovs airrovs 

 X^€i' OTL Kal ffKopiraivav Kai aKopniovs iroWdfcis 7)fifh e<pdyofi€V 

 Kai Sidcpopoi Kai oi x*'M°' ^'<^' oi XP^o-i- flcriv, ovdfls dyvod ; Plin. 

 xxxii. 70 raarini scorpionis rufi ; ihid. 151 scorpaena, scorpio. 



* Schol. <T<i>i>paivac ^apyavai (see//, i. 100 n.). Apparently 

 Sphyraena spet (S. rulffarin), M.G. XoOrfos or (x<pvpaLva, " the 

 pike-like Bicuda or spet of the Mediterranean " (Lowe ap, 

 E. Forbes p. 1-22) and some similar species. c<f>vpaiva = A.\.\.ic 

 Kiarpa Athen. 323 a; Plin. xxxii. 154 Sunt praeterea a nuUo 

 auctore nominati sudis Latine appellatus, Graece sphyraena, 

 rostro similis nomini, magnitudine inter amplissimos ; 

 Hesych. s. Kearpa, s. a<f>vpa ; A. 610 b 5. 



* 'C. ii. 392 n. 



' Sargus vulgaris is in M.G. ffapyos but xapaf'Sa at Siphnos 

 (Apost. p. 16), and such evidence as we have points to a 

 Sea-bream : Athen. 355 e <tvi>65ovs /cot x°-P°4 ''■'>'' f^^ avrov 

 yivovs dci. Cf. Ael. xii. 25. 



* //. ii. 458 n. 



' BalUtes caprttirus, M.G. fiovoxoipos, Apost. p. 8, the 

 File-fish (Fara. Sclerodermi): Athen. 355 f KairpiaKos AroXetrai 

 fiev Kai /uOy; Plin. ix. 71 exeunt in terram et qui marini 

 mures vocantur; Ov. Hal. 130 durique sues; Ael. ix. 41 tQv 

 ye HT]v olKerdv (/ui'<i«') dpaavrepoi oi SaXdrTtot. p.LKpbv fiiv ai-Twv 

 rb ffWfjLa, ToXfxa 5f Sliw-xos' Kal dappovcn Svo SirXois, dop^ re ei/Tovw 

 Kal oSovTuv Kpdref fiAxofTai Se /cat rots tx^itrt tojs dSporepois Kal 

 rdv oKUwv Tots fjidXiffra dwpariKoh ; Marc. S. 30 fxves evdwprjKei ; 

 PhU. 112. 



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