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" 'Now this,' Saphrar the merchant was telling me, 'is the braised liver of the blue, four-spired Cosian wingfish.'
This fish is a tiny, delicate fish, blue, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand; it has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin, which are poisonous; it is capable of hurling itself from the water and, for brief distances, on its stiff pectoral fins, gliding
through the air, usually to evade the smaller sea-tharlarions, which seem to be immune to the
poison of the spines. This fish is also some times referred to as the songfish because, as a
portion of its courtship rituals, the males and females thrust their heads from the water and
utter a sort of whistling sound.
The blue, four-spired wingfish is found only in the waters of
Cos. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. The small blue fish is regarded as a great
delicacy, and its liver as the delicacy of delicacies."
Book 4, Nomads of Gor, pages 84 - 85 ~¤~
"...I heard the mating whistles of the tiny, lovely Cosian wingfish. This is a small, delicate fish; it has three of four slender spines in its dorsal fins, which are poisonous. It is called the wingfish because it can, on its stiff pectoral fins, for short distances, glide through the air, usually in an attempt to flee small sea thalarion, who are immune to the poisonous spines. It is also called a songfish, because, in their courtship rituals, males and females thrust their head from the water, uttering a kind of whistle."
Book 6, Raiders of Gor, page 139
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