CHAP. 89. (70.)—WHICH FISHES HAVE THE BEST HEARING.
Fishes have neither organs of hearing, nor yet the exterior
orifice. And yet, it is quite certain that they do hear; for it
is a well-known fact, that in some fish-ponds they are in the
habit of being assembled to be fed by the clapping of the
hands. In the fish-ponds, too, that belong to the Emperor, the
fish are in the habit of coming, each kind as it bears its name. [Note]
So too, it is said, the mullet, the wolf-fish, the salpa, and the
chromis, have a very exquisite sense of hearing, and that it is
for this reason that they frequent shallow water.
