The Afar fish, which is in the Sea of Galilee, has few thorns and is good in taste. The large fish found there weigh 5 ratls. There is also a fish called the Lūṭīs, which the people of Egypt call the Farakh. It is a good-tasting fish, very fatty, and occasionally found weighing a qinṭār, more or less. There is also the Labbīs, a good, delicious, and desirable fish. When cooked, it has no fishy smell and can be used in all dishes where meat is used. Its flesh is firm and it comes in large and small sizes, some weighing 10 ratls or less. All these fish have scales, while some fish do not. Among them is the fish called al-Samūsah, a large-headed, very fatty fish, which can sometimes weigh a qinṭār or more or less. Its meat is sold hanging. There is also a fish called al-Thīnarbāt, a fish that is somewhat long, with a long mouth like a bird's beak. There is a fish called Umm ʿUbayd, which is lively and has no scales. There is also the fish called al-Jalabah, which has no scales and may weigh a ratl or more or less. It is poisonous. There is also a fish called al-Shāl, which has a spine on its back that it strikes with, killing quickly. There are also fish in the form of snakes called Ankilis, which are poisonous. There are also black-backed fish with large heads and thin tails, called al-Tajrī. There are also round, rough-skinned fish called al-Ghāfū, which women use to comb flax. There is also the fish known as al-Raddāʿah, which is like a ball, rough-skinned, and poisonous. If a person touches it, their hand trembles until it falls from it. These characteristics are present as long as they are alive; when they die, they are like any other.