FISHES WHICH CHANGE THEIR COLOUR

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Mutant colorem candidum menae et fiunt aestate nigriores. mutat et phycis, reliquo tempore candida, vere varia. eadem piscium sola nidificat ex alga atque in nido parit.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

The mæna changes its white colour, and in summer becomes swarthy. The phycis also changes its colour, and while at other times it is white, in spring it is parti-coloured. This last is the only fish that builds itself a nest; it makes it of sea-weed, and there deposits its eggs.

The sea-swallow, being able to fly, bears a strong resemblance to the bird of that name; the sea-kite too, flies as well.