HALIEUTICA, I. 368-379 



and the deadly Leopard " and the dashing Physalus * ; 

 among them also is the impetuous black race of the 

 Tunny and the deadly Saw-fish "= and the dread gape 

 of the woeful Lamna <* and the Maltha/ named not 

 from soft feebleness, and the terrible Rams ' and the 

 awful weight of the Hyaena ^ and the ravenous and 

 shameless Dog-fish.'* Of the Dog-fish there are three 

 races ; one fierce race * in the deep seas is numbered 

 among the terrible Sea-monsters ; two other races 

 among the mightiest fishes dwell in the deep mud ; 

 one of these from its black spines is called Centrines,' 

 the other by the general name of Galeus ^ ; and of 

 the Galeus there are different kinds, to >vit, the 



Xiyonivif /jloXOt) S (cat SvffavTaywviffToi' iari. Thus to Suidas 

 rpjjffTii = fid\0ri. 

 f H. V. 34 n. » H. v. 32 n. 



* Apparently, like M.G. <TKi\6\f/apo, collective name for 

 the Sharks and Dog-fishes, kvwv is mentioned once in 

 Aristotle where it is included among the yaXeoeiSeh : A. 

 566 a 30 oi fiev oPi' yaXeol koI ol yaXeoeideii, otof dXwrr^ jtoi K^tar. 

 Cf. Ael. i. 55. 



* If this is not one of the Cete just mentioned, it may be 

 Selache maxima Cuv., the Basking Shark. 



^ KevTpivr]s from Kevrpov, spine. Centrina rulpecula Mor. 

 {Squalus centrina L.), M.G. yovpoivoyapo, Fr. La Ilumantin. 



* Aristotle's yaXeoi {yaXetvSeis) are the long cartilaginous 

 fishes, i.e. the Sharks as opposed to the Skates and Rays : 

 A. 4S9 b 6 ra (xeXdxVf yaXeoi re Kai ^droi ; 505 a 3 TiHy aeXax<^'' 

 TO. fjifv xXareo, . . . oiov vdpKr] Kai /Sdros, to. Si Trpo/j-riKi] ... 

 oloy rdvra to. yaXeJ}8ri ; and the species mentioned are oKavdiai 

 A, 565 b 27, dffTfplai A. 543 a 17, 566 a 17, rd aKvXia ovs 

 KaXovffi Tivfv ve/Spiai yaXeovs A. 565 a -26, dXtoin^l A. 566 a 31, 

 565 bl, 631a 1-2, yaXoi \eioi A. 565 b 2, De pen. 754 b 33, 

 C/. Athen. 294 d 'ApiaroTtX-rji Si ei&n airrGiv (sc. twv ^aXewK) 

 <pT)aiv ilvoii irXfiu), aKavdiav, Xeiov, xotKtXoJ', ffKiifivov, dXwrfKiav, 

 pivjjv (the inclusion of the last l)eing due perhaps to mis- 

 understanding of A. 565 b 25. See H. i. 381 n.). 



243 



