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" As (TK-i'/^i'os is given in Athenaeus but not in Aristotle, it 

 is perhaps to be equated with Aristotle's (tk^jXiov and identified 

 as ScyU'mm canicula Cuv., M.G. cTKvXi, aKvXoypapo, which is 

 very common in Greek waters (Apost. p. 1). 



* MuMelus laevis Risso, M.G. ■yoK-qo's. In this species the 

 embrj'o is attached to the uterus by a placenta, as was 

 known to Aristotle ; A. 565 biff. 



" Acanthia^ vulgaris, commonest of Greek Plaqiostoma, 

 M.G. (TKvXbxpapo (Apost. p. 5). A. 565 a 29, b 37, '&2\ b 17 ; 

 Athen. 294. d. 



•* lihina squatina or Monk-fish. One of the ffeXdxv A. 

 543 a 14, but not one of the yaXeoi A. 565 b 25. Cf. 566 a 20 ; 

 Phn. ix. 161. Aristotle's references, while rather indefinite, 

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