ταῦτα. χρήσιμοι δ᾽ εἰσὶν ὀπτοί: τήκεται γάρ τὸ πιμελῶδες αὐτῶν. τὰ δὲ καλούμενα δαρτὰ τὸ μὲν ὅλον ἐστὶν ὅσα τραχεῖαν ἔχει τὴν ἐπίφυσιν τοῦ δέρματος, οὐ λεπίσιν, ἀλλ᾽ οἷον ἔχουσιν αἱ βατίδες καὶ ῥῖναι. ταῦτα δὲ πάντα ἐστὶ μὲν εὔθρυπτα, οὐκ εὐώδη δέ: καὶ τροφὰς ἐμποιεῖ τοῖς σώμασιν ὑγράς, ὑπάγει δὲ καὶ τὰς κοιλίας μάλιστα πάντων τῶν ἑψομένων ἰχθύων τὰ δὲ ὀπτώμενα χείρονα. τὸ δὲ τῶν μαλακίων γένος, οἷον πολυπόδων τε καὶ σηπιῶν καὶ τῶν τοιούτων, τὴν μὲν σάρκα δύσπεπτον ἔχει: διὸ καὶ πρὸς ἀφροδισιασμοὺς
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