Clafs IV. eu us 313 
IX. The ORE «2 CAM Oem 2 
Capito. Aufon. Mofella. 85. Cyprinus oblongus macrolepi- 
Squalus, Squaglio. Sa/vian. 84. dotus, pinna ani officulorum 
Le chevefne, Teftard, Vilain. undecim,  <Arted. /ynon. 7. 
Belon. 315. Cyprinus cephalus. Cyp. pinna 
Cephalus fluviatilis. Rondel. ani radiis undecim, cauda 
Siuviat. 190. integra, corpore fubcylin- 
Capito five Cephalus fluviatilis, drico. Lin. fy. 527. Gronov. 
Gener. pifc. 182. Zooph. No. 339. 
Chub, or Chevin. Wil. Icth, Alte. Meyer’s An. ii. tab. 92. 
255. Raii fyn. pife. 119. Rapen. Wulff. Boru/s. No. 56. 
ALVIANUS imagines this fifh to have been the 
Squalus * of the antients, and grounds his opi- 
nion on a fuppofed error in a certain paflage in Colu- 
mella and Varro, where he would fubftitute the word 
Squalus inftead of Scarus: Columella fays no more 
than that the old Romans payed much attention to 
their ftews, and kept even the fea fith in frefh water, 
paying as much refpect to the Mullet and Scarus ‘as 
thofe of his days did to the Murene and Ba/s. 
That the Scarus was not our Chud, is very evident; 
not only becaufe the Chub is entirely an inhabitant 
of frefh waters, but likewife it feems improbable 
that the Romans would give themfelves any trouble 
about the worft of river fifh, when they neglected 
the moft delicious kinds; all their attention was di- 
rected towards thofe of the fea: the difficuity of 
procuring them feems to have been the criterion of 
their value, as is ever the cafe with effete luxury. 
* A cartilaginous fifh, afhark. Vide. Plin. lib. ix. c. 24. Ovid 
alfo ranks his Sgualus with the fea fith. 
_ Et Squarus, et tenui fuffufus fanguine Mutius. Halieut. 147. 
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