melanurus

mĕlănūrus, i, m., = μελάνουρος (black-tail),

a kind of sea-fish , Enn. ap. Ap. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 7 Vahl.); Ov. Hal. 113; Col. 8, 16, 8; Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17; 32, 11, 53, § 149.