a Lib-9.cap.20 

 kl.ib.8cap.17 



c Lib.<>.cap.20 

 °Lib.9.cap.24 



DE HISTORIA AQJf Α TILI VM ANIMALIVM. 140 

 DE PLANIS CARTILAGINEIS. 



CArulagineis longis pifcibus expeditis,iam ad cartilagineos planos aggrediamur; 

 prius qui plani fmt pifces declarates , deinceps ver6 de vnoquoqs plano cartilacri 

 neo ieorfum pertradantcs . Plani igitur pifces funt, qui non in ventrem & dorium, 

 fed in iatcra compreffi, iatera ipia in tenuem & latam cxtremitatcm degenerantia ha 

 bent. Vndeiicuti tota eorum figura deprefla & plana efficitur, ita eorundem dorii 

 fpina non in dorfum & vcntrcm ( vt in pifci bus reliquis ) fed in latcra fuas pinnulas, 

 feu apophyfes tranfmittit . Natantquehi nonere&i (vtpifccs ca?teri ) fed proftrati 

 atqueiacentes. EtproptereavtiaPlinio ( ob figurar fcrfaii arqualitatem ) Λ vUnivo- 

 cantur j fic £ Columella ( c0 qutM proitrati natent ) proftrati & cubantes appellan- 



tur > inC]Ult enim ; N^«f e/ί lacfts fofuio, φι<* χ Υφί cubdntes ; atqne eadem prabentkr cibaria & pc~ Α 

 (Irctis piftibfv, & erettis | nanqtte Solcis ac Rhombis &fimillimis animalibus , humilisin duospcdes pifcina defnmiiHt 

 in cd parte litoris , φα frcfluo rccejfu nunqudm deflitmtur . Eft autem planorum pifdum duplex ge- 



nus , quidam enim fpinofi funt , vt Rhombi Solea: ac Pafferes ; quidam vero carnla- 

 ginei, vtRaia: Squatince Torpedo & coiimiJja . Vndc cu Plinius dixiffct, c Mmnmmm 



litfititplani,utRhombi Solea ac vajfercs ; imi pauld mfrzfubiunxit; d Vknorm pifcium altemm genus 



efljWodfroftindcdTtiUginemhabetjMRdiceTajiM . Quamobrem nosde planis 



fpinofis in iecundo iibro noftro pertraftaturi , hicde planis cartilagineis diiTeremus . 

 Et cutn ea, qua? ommbus cartilagineis planis communia funt , in hiftoria noftra trigc 

 fima nona cartilagineis dicata , abunde fatis explicata fint ; iam de vnoquoque plano- 

 rum cartilagincorum leorium agamus ; ab ipfa Rana piicatrice exordientes . 



HISTORIA QV ADRAGESIMA QVINT A. 



Ρ Ε R Α Ν Α Ρ I S C Λ Τ iU C Ε . 



Β 



c Lib.ij cap.i 



^Lib.y.cap.j. 

 §Lib.9.cap.24 

 h Lib. 7 .fol. 

 Sh 



i43.cap. 



1 Gene. Iib.j.cap.j. 

 & Aelia. Iib.ij.cap.2 



Ν Ο Μ Ε Ν, 



ISCIS nofter quadrageiimus feptimus, quem Roma* Udttino 



fifcatare ,111 LlgUria Vefce pefcatorc , itl SlCilia Ldmta, MztfAlZ Btudrcy y 



in Luiltania Bmrarrccco, dcalicubi ό^ηοΙο mdtino appeliant ,· grse- 

 ciHT^x^ W?,latinever0 Rana pi(catrix&Ranamarina vo 

 catur . Sicuti autem Ranam vocari arbitror , propterea quod 

 aliquam paluftris Rana? , & maximd recens natar, ac priuiquam 

 cauda fiue pofterior pars in pofteriores pedes dcgeneret, fimili 

 tudincm gerat j marinam ver6 eo quod in mari degat; fic c Yifidtticcm, clfifeandifilertiam, 

 qua ( vt infra docebimus ) vtitur , hfydlA ejp tejflatur Aelianus . 



D Ε S C R I ρ Τ I o. 



f Ariftotele^ Plinio h atque Athena-oauthonbus^Ex fiawrm cdniUginmum fint nu- 



tnero Kdi* , Taflinaca , Squatina , Τοψάο , £r quos Bonis , Ldmia , Aquilce , Kdna: nominihus Gmci dfpellant ; dc 



quibus pcrrradaturi , a pifcatrice iiue marinaRana(nam eam &nonpaiuftrem flu 

 uiatilemvc , inter planos cartilagincos Ariftoteles atque Plinius connumerant) exor- 

 ίί iumus . Plicatrjx itaque Rana 1 cdpntlonge graniius rdiquo corpore habet > idque dcnUaxum ,uaL 

 dcqucdfpcrm (ob quamplurimos , quibus horrct, aculeos ) orbiculatumque δί depref- 

 fum , Os illi , vti & Squatinar, non in iupina partc c^terorum planorum cartilagi- 

 neorum inflar , fed in anteriori roftro eft, vaflumque , ac pra! pifcibus caneris non 

 iolum eiufdem magnitudinis, led pauio etiam grandioribus maxime hians ,· denti- 

 buiquc pcrmulds magnis acutiffimis in os inclinantibus atque vtranque maxillam ac 



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