Note 2809 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
This can only be understood, Cuvier says, as applying to those animals the young of which are still enveloped in the membranes of the egg; for in general, the young of fish, from the moment of their birth, have eyes of great beauty, and are remarkable for the quickness of their sight.