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1 I, 1 | mean, for instance, Bird or Fish, for each of these is subject 2 I, 1 | bird, the scale is in a fish.~The parts, then, which 3 I, 1 | to move by flying, as the fish is able only to swim, for 4 I, 1 | and some creatures live on fish. Again, some creatures catch 5 I, 8 | term is not applied to a fish or to an ox. In the face 6 II, 1 | in shape they resemble a fish’s tail.~The movements of 7 II, 11 | spine sticks up as with the fish. Its face resembles that 8 II, 13 | In the first place, the fish has a head, a back, a belly, 9 II, 13 | in all cases alike. No fish has a neck, or any limb, 10 II, 13 | same is the case with the fish called Ribbon-fish. Some 11 II, 13 | articulated like those of other fish.~And of those fish that 12 II, 13 | other fish.~And of those fish that are provided with gills, 13 II, 13 | and some viviparous; scaly fish are invariably oviparous, 14 II, 14 | deep water. Serpents, like fish, are devoid of feet.~There 15 II, 15 | lung: for instance, the fish is devoid of the organ, 16 II, 15 | the liver, and in no other fish does the organ attain so 17 II, 16 | known of an animal, whether fish or bird, provided with these 18 II, 17 | turns frontwards; only in fish it would at first sight 19 II, 17 | head and the mouth. And (in fish) the apex is attached to 20 II, 17 | greater in the greater fish, lesser in the lesser; but 21 II, 17 | that in some cases when big fish are pursuing little ones, 22 II, 17 | gall resembles that of the fish; the water-snakes have it 23 II, 17 | scarus, or parrot-fish; which fish, by the way, appears to 24 II, 17 | appears to be the only fish that chews the cud. And 25 II, 17 | other side only one. Some fish possess these appendages 26 II, 17 | gut-appendages are found in fish, they are found close up 27 III, 1 | emprosthuretic or opisthuretic.~No fish is furnished with testicles, 28 III, 1 | that, in the case of the fish, the wombs are delicately 29 III, 1 | that in extremely small fish, each of the two bifurcated 30 III, 5 | anticipated, the sinews in the fish are chiefly discernible 31 III, 7 | similarly constructed to the fish; in other words, his backbone 32 III, 17 | manufactured. These cartilaginous fish themselves have no free 33 III, 17 | the stomach. The suet in fish is fatty, and does not solidify 34 III, 20 | breasts nor milk, as the fish and the bird.~All milk is 35 IV, 6 | excretion (whereas of shell fish in general some resemble 36 IV, 6 | its shell. If any little fish come up against it it it 37 IV, 8 | and undetached. In some fish the palate is fleshy, as 38 IV, 8 | a tunny or from any fat fish, obviously enjoying the 39 IV, 8 | times, when they want the fish to crowd together, they 40 IV, 8 | stones together, that the fish may, in their fright, gather 41 IV, 8 | the noise and hubbub the fish are sure to tumble into 42 IV, 8 | fishermen see a shoal of fish feeding at a distance, disporting 43 IV, 8 | to descry the size of the fish and to learn what kind of 44 IV, 8 | to learn what kind of a fish it is, they may succeed 45 IV, 8 | against the rock, and the fish, bewildered at the noise, 46 IV, 8 | all living creatures the fish is the quickest of hearing. 47 IV, 8 | strong-smelling pickles, and the fish are Soon attracted to the 48 IV, 8 | account of its smell, for fish are peculiarly attracted 49 IV, 8 | Furthermore, gregarious fishes, if fish washings or bilge-water 50 IV, 8 | with a stinking bait, the fish refuse to enter the weel 51 IV, 9 | sounds. Some cartilaginous fish seem to squeak.~But in these 52 IV, 9 | or flying-fish: for this fish flies in the air, clean 53 IV, 10 | what are nicknamed fleas, fish are met with in a state 54 IV, 10 | little creatures, if the fish remain long in one position, 55 IV, 10 | devour any bait made of fish’s flesh if it be left long 56 IV, 10 | it is possible to take a fish off its guard so far as 57 IV, 10 | catch or strike it, the fish is quite still but for a 58 IV, 10 | owing to their being asleep, fish may be captured by torchlight. 59 IV, 10 | often take advantage of the fish being asleep to envelop 60 IV, 10 | without making them stir. Fish, as a general rule, sleep 61 IV, 10 | rock or the ground. Flat fish go to sleep in the sand; 62 IV, 10 | gilt-head, the mullet, and fish of the like sort are often 63 IV, 10 | is scarcely probable that fish could be pronged while awake. 64 IV, 10 | while awake. Cartilaginous fish sleep at times so soundly 65 IV, 11 | of sex.~There are certain fish that are nicknamed the epitragiae, 66 IV, 11 | capon-fish, and, by the way, fish of this description are 67 IV, 11 | the balagrus. This sort of fish never has either roe or 68 IV, 11 | with a small gut; and these fish are regarded as of super-excellent 69 IV, 11 | and the channe; for these fish are in all cases found furnished 70 v, 1 | identical generically with other fish, differ from them specifically; 71 v, 9 | labrax or basse; for this fish (alone amongst those mentioned) 72 v, 9 | spawn; for the spawn of the fish may be seen in certain places 73 v, 9 | owing to the fact that the fish in some cases spawn early 74 v, 9 | it looks as though the fish bred twice over. The first 75 v, 11 | 11~Fish for the most part breed 76 v, 16 | open the web to let the fish get in, and close it again 77 v, 31 | generated not out of the fish but out of slime; and they 78 v, 31 | Cyrene and Egypt there is a fish that attends on the dolphin, 79 v, 31 | dolphin's louse". This fish gets exceedingly fat from 80 VI, 10 | by the spine of the young fish from so doing. Of the flat 81 VI, 10 | Of the flat cartilaginous fish, the trygon and the ray 82 VI, 11 | rule that no one variety of fish pairs with another variety. 83 VI, 11 | another; for there is a fish called the rhinobatus, with 84 VI, 12 | differentiation comes the fish, just as in the case of 85 VI, 13 | previously-and, by the way, all scaly fish are oviparous, as the basse, 86 VI, 13 | all the smooth or slippery fish except the eel-and their 87 VI, 13 | of pregnancy.~With such fish as pair, eggs are the result 88 VI, 13 | of copulation, but such fish have them also without copulation; 89 VI, 13 | goby is flat and crumbly. Fish in general so deposit their 90 VI, 13 | the voracity of the larger fish. And it is for this reason 91 VI, 13 | with fresh water.~Oviparous fish as a rule spawn only once 92 VI, 13 | eggs escape out. For the fish has a diaphysis or cloven 93 VI, 13 | summer. Oysters and the small fish of these localities feed 94 VI, 14 | little while afterwards the fish’s eyes become visible for 95 VI, 14 | fertile eggs, as the little fish grow, a kind of sheath detaches 96 VI, 14 | envelops the egg and the young fish. When the milt has mingled 97 VI, 14 | water in dense shoals of fish; and the so-called tilon 98 VI, 14 | exception of the sheatfish, no fish keeps on guard; unless, 99 VI, 15 | 15~The great majority of fish, then, as has been stated, 100 VI, 15 | However, there are some fish that proceed from mud and 101 VI, 15 | the water shoals of tiny fish were found in the pond. 102 VI, 15 | were found in the pond. The fish in question was a kind of 103 VI, 15 | mistaken, for the female of the fish is found provided with spawn, 104 VI, 15 | or from copulation. Such fish as are neither oviparous 105 VI, 15 | spring-time. As a proof that these fish occasionally come out of 106 VI, 15 | in from the open sea. The fish is at its best in quality 107 VI, 15 | insignificant gudgeon-like fish that burrow under the ground. 108 VI, 17 | 17~Fish do not all bring forth their 109 VI, 17 | same length of time.~All fish suffer greatly during the 110 VI, 17 | are in repose. With many fish the time for parturition 111 VI, 17 | mormyrus, and in general such fish as are nicknamed "runners". 112 VI, 17 | Latest in order of the shoal fish come the red mullet and 113 VI, 17 | As a rule, cartilaginous fish are less prolific than other 114 VI, 17 | less prolific than other fish owing to their being viviparous; 115 VI, 17 | large in size. The young fish cluster round the parent 116 VI, 17 | many young spiders, for the fish spawns on to herself; and, 117 VI, 17 | against the sand.~Tunny fish also burst asunder by reason 118 VI, 17 | failure of the young tunny fish for a year there was a failure 119 VI, 17 | opinion that the tunny is a fish a year older than the pelamyd. 120 VI, 17 | size in a few days; these fish go out of the Pontus in 121 VI, 17 | case with all species of fish found in the Pontus; the 122 VI, 17 | bear in mind that the same fish in the same localities have 123 VI, 17 | owing to the fat of the fish; for the spawn is lanky 124 VIII, 2 | it is caught by a bait of fish; others are carnivorous, 125 VIII, 2 | crawfish feeds on little fish, capturing them beside its 126 VIII, 2 | zostera, and is the only fish that is captured with a 127 VIII, 2 | in general are the only fish that eat no flesh; this 128 VIII, 2 | flesh but barley-cake. Every fish of the mullet-kind lives 129 VIII, 2 | never feeds on any other fish. As it lives in mud, it 130 VIII, 2 | and prevents any smaller fish from settling in the immediate 131 VIII, 3 | but most of them live on fish), like the heron and the 132 VIII, 13| extremes of cold and heat.~Fish living near to the shore 133 VIII, 13| better eating than deep-sea fish. The fact is they have more 134 VIII, 13| season again. A number of fish also are found in sea-estuaries; 135 VIII, 13| the greater part of such fish as swim in shoals with the 136 VIII, 13| shoals together. And most fish congregate in shoals, and 137 VIII, 13| all cases have leaders.~Fish penetrate into the Euxine 138 VIII, 13| fact, there is no large fish in the Euxine excepting 139 VIII, 13| big scale. Furthermore, fish penetrate into this sea 140 VIII, 13| attained some size, the parent fish swim out of the Euxine immediately 141 VIII, 13| And, by the way, the young fish are caught about this time 142 VIII, 13| phenomenon is that this fish, and this one only, swims 143 VIII, 13| And in the Propontis the fish is at its best before the 144 VIII, 15| winter time; for, whereas fish in general may be caught 145 VIII, 15| a particular period the fish is never caught, and that, 146 VIII, 15| the spawn is small, the fish is hard to catch, but it 147 VIII, 15| spawn gets large, as the fish is then infested by its 148 VIII, 15| infested by its parasite. Some fish burrow for sleep in the 149 VIII, 15| glaucus or grey-back; this fish hides in summer for about 150 VIII, 15| that the takes of certain fish are made between the rise 151 VIII, 15| up to the surface and the fish are brought up along with 152 VIII, 15| sea-bottom is dredged, more fish will be caught by the second 153 VIII, 19| furnish unusually excellent fish. While most fishes, then, 154 VIII, 19| localities, and carnivorous fish find an unusually large 155 VIII, 19| large number of smaller fish. It matters also whether 156 VIII, 19| north or south: the longer fish thrive better when a north 157 VIII, 19| the same spot more long fish will be caught than flat 158 VIII, 19| will be caught than flat fish with a north wind blowing.~ 159 VIII, 19| delights more than any other fish in the heat of the sun. 160 VIII, 19| haul of well-conditioned fish of their own species. So 161 VIII, 20| Dog-star, that sickens these fish and causes them to rise 162 VIII, 20| but no other species of fish is subject to any such malady.~ 163 VIII, 20| into water it will kill fish in its vicinity. It is used 164 VIII, 20| extensively for catching fish in rivers and ponds; by 165 VIII, 20| when the frost comes on the fish can be taken out of the 166 VIII, 20| weel; they then coop the fish in towards this place, and 167 VIII, 30| time. The female of this fish is round, the male longer 168 VIII, 30| condition at this period. A few fish are in much the same condition 169 VIII, 30| fishes. The age of a scaly fish may be told by the size 170 VIII, 30| a general rule, the male fish is better eating than the 171 IX, 2 | the following are shoaling fish: the tunny, the maenis, 172 IX, 14 | the way, the bird lives on fish. Besides living on the shore, 173 IX, 37 | filaments, and, when the little fish strike against them, it 174 IX, 37 | teeth. Amongst other large fish, a lamia-shark, after falling 175 IX, 37 | place as possible; the male fish will still keep by the young, 176 IX, 37 | when snapping at the little fish that come by; if, however, 177 IX, 37 | found there. Carnivorous fish wander most; and all fish 178 IX, 37 | fish wander most; and all fish are carnivorous with the 179 IX, 37 | nest. Of shell-fish, and fish that are finless, the scallop 180 IX, 37 | other species of the spiny fish, no spotted dogfish, no 181 IX, 37 | kinds, and certain other fish are also absent; but of 182 IX, 37 | are also absent; but of fish that are found in the lagoon 183 IX, 37 | gudgeon is not a marine fish. Of fishes the oviparous 184 IX, 37 | red mullet, and all such fish. In the neighbourhood of 185 IX, 37 | of its habitat. The only fish that can do this is the 186 IX, 37 | are preyed upon by little fish, and with ease dragged from 187 IX, 43 | kitchens and on to slices of fish and the like dainties. The 188 IX, 48 | devoured by some predaceous fish. Incredible stories are 189 IX, 48 | when they are pursuing a fish for food; then, if the fish 190 IX, 48 | fish for food; then, if the fish endeavours to escape, they 191 IX, 50 | the Pontic mice, and the fish which from the habit is 192 IX, 50 | Ruminant", (as well as other fish).~Long-limbed animals have