Latin Texts & Translations

The varieties of fish which we shall now mention are those which have no blood: they are of three kinds ^[Note]—first, those which are known as "soft;" next, those which have thin crusts; and, lastly, those which are enclosed in hard shells. The soft fish are the loligo, ^[Note] the sæpia, ^[Note] the polypus, ^[Note] and others of a similar nature. These last have the head between the feet and the belly, and have, all of them, eight feet: in the sæpia and the loligo two of these feet are very long ^[Note] and rough, and by means of these they lift the food to their mouth, and attach themselves to places in the sea, as though with an anchor; the others act as so many arms, by means of which they seize their prey. ^[Note]