英语听书《海底两万里》第378期 第25章 地中海四十八小时(4)

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There were whitish eels² of the species Gymnotus fasciatus that passed like elusive³ wisps of steam,  那是拳状电鳗，淡白色，游走时像不可捉摸的气体一样。

conger eels three to four meters long that were tricked out in green, blue, and yellow, three-foot hake with a liver that makes a dainty morsel,  有海鳝鱼，像长三至四米的蛇一样，带青、蓝和黄的美丽颜色。有海鳍鱼，长三英尺，肝是美味好吃的。

wormfish drifting like thin seaweed, sea robins⁴ that poets call lyrefish and seamen⁵ pipers and whose snouts have two jagged triangular⁶ plates shaped like old Homer's lyre,  有带条鱼，浮来浮去，像细长的海藻。有纺拂，诗人称为琴鱼，水手称为笛鱼，嘴上装有三角形和多齿形的两块薄片，形状像老荷马的乐器。

swallowfish swimming as fast as the bird they're named after, redheaded groupers whose dorsal⁷ fins⁸ are trimmed with filaments,  有燕子笛鱼，走得很快，像燕子一样，所以得了这个名称。

some shad (spotted with black, gray, brown, blue, yellow, and green) that actually respond to tinkling⁹ handbells,  有金著稠，头红色，脊鳍上满是丝线条。有芦葵鱼，身上带有黑色、灰色、栗色、蓝色、黄色、青色的斑点，它能发出钟铃的叮当银质声响。

splendid diamond-shaped turbot that were like aquatic¹⁰ pheasants with yellowish fins stippled¹¹ in brown and the left topside mostly marbled in brown and yellow. 有华美的蝶鱼，这鱼是海中的山鸡，全身作菱形，淡黄色的鳍，带粟子色的小斑点，左边上部，通常带有栗色和黄色花纹。

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