[3161] As to the identity of the Scomber, see B. ix. c. 19.
[3162] See B. xix. c. 7.
[3163] “Garum sociorum.”
[3164] The present Straits of Gibraltar.
[3165] In Gallia Narbonensis.
[3166] Sillig reads “Delmatia” here.
[3167] See B. ix. c. 74. The fry of larger fish, Cuvier says.
[3168] Ajasson considers this to be an absurd derivation; and thinks it much more probable, that the name is from ἀ privative, and φύω “to beget;” it being a not uncommon notion that these small fish were produced spontaneously from mud and slime.
[3169] The present Frejus, in the south of France.
[3170] “Wolf.” Not the fish of that name, Hardouin says, mentioned in B. ix. c. 28.