οὗτος δὲ δὶς τούτων μόνος, γίνεται δ’ ὁ τόκος αὐτῷ ὁ ὕστερος ἀσθενέστερος [this [the basse] is the only one of these fishes that breeds twice a year, and the second brood is weaker than the first]
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οὗτος δὲ δὶς τούτων μόνος, γίνεται δ’ ὁ τόκος αὐτῷ ὁ ὕστερος ἀσθενέστερος [this [the basse] is the only one of these fishes that breeds twice a year, and the second brood is weaker than the first]
Aristotle (c. 350 BC). Historia animalium 543a3-4 (transl. A.L. Peck).