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The Natural History of Pliny, Vol. 2

by Pliny the Elder

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Chap. 77 (52.) — Fishes Which Have a Womb; Those Which Impregnate Themselves

The fishes called the erythinus2806 and the channe2807 are said to have a womb; and those which by the Greeks are called trochi,2808 it is said, impregnate themselves. The young of all aquatic animals are without sight at their birth.2809

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