See also:

• ICHTHYOPHAGI (Gr. for " fish-eaters ")

ICHTHYOPHAGI (Gr. for " See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish-eaters ")  , the name given by See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient geographers to several See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-dwelling peoples in different parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world and ethnically unrelated . See also:

• NEARCHUS

Nearchus mentions such a See also:

• RACE

race as inhabiting the barren shores of the Mekran on the Arabian See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea; See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias locates them on the western coast of the Red Sea . See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy speaks of See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish-eaters in See also:

• ETHIOPIA, or AETHIOPIA (Gr. AlOtoaia)

Ethiopia, and on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa; while See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny relates the existence of such tribes on the islands in the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf . See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus (See also:

• BOOK

book i. c . 200) mentions three tribes of the Babylonians who were solely fish-eaters, and in book iii. c. xg refers to See also:

• ICHTHYOPHAGI (Gr. for " fish-eaters ")

Ichthyophagi in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . The existence of such tribes was confirmed by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard F . See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton (El-Medinah, p . 144) .