Note 1 — CHAP. IV.
Reading edition
: Two other species are found in the Ceylon waters, P. cuspidatus and P. pectinatus.
CHIRONECTES
2: ELIAN mentions, amongst the extraordinary marine animals found in the seas around Ceylon, a fish with feet instead of fins; [Greek: poias ge mên chêlas ê pteri gia.]—Lib xvi. c. 18. Does not this drawing of a species of Chironectes, captured near Colombo, justify his description?