אַפְיָין, (אפי) bake-fish (cmp. סולתנות), a small fish believed to grow scales when reaching a certain age. Ḥull. 66ᵃ bot. Ar. אפיין (ed. עפיאן); Ab. Zar. 39ᵃ עפיץ ed. (Ms. M. עפאץ, read עפיין, עפיאן); Tosef. Ḥull. III (IV), 27 אנפיא ed. Zuck. (Var. נפיא).