Coracin

Coracin

( Κορακῖνος , a Latinized form for Κορακινός , from Κόρἀξ , a raven), a kind of fish (so called probably from its black color), found, according to Josephus ( War, 3. 10, 8), in the spring of Capernaum (q.v.) and in the Nile (Theophylact, Hist. 7:17; Oribasins, Medic. Collect. 2:58); accustomed to leap like the salmon (Pliny, 32:5, 10), and called likewise the Saperda (Athenseus, 7:16) and other names (Stevens, Thes. Gr. s.v.; Reland, Palest. p. 274).