Note 2767 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
Cuvier says, that this is not the case in general; but that some, more especially those which are viviparous, actually do couple; while, on the other hand, in most, the male does nothing else but besprinkle with the milt the eggs which the female has deposited, as is stated by Pliny a little further on.