Note 2819 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
He was the first of this family, a branch of the Licinian gens, who bore the surname of Murena, from his love for that fish, it was said. He, like his father P. Licinius, attained the rank of prætor, and was a contemporary of the orator, L. Crassus.