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