Reference for Sukkah 35:15
אלא משום דמליחי מיא והאי דג טמא כיון דלית ליה קילפי לא מצי קאי והא קא חזינן דקאי אלא משום דלא מרבה טינייהו דג טמא אמר רבינא והאידנא דשפכי נהר איתן ונהר גמדא להתם אסירא
Will you then say that it is because it has salt water, and ‘an unclean fish, since it has no scales, cannot exist [in salt water, it could be retorted that] we see that they do exist? The reason in fact is that the muddy nature of this river does not allow unclean fish to breed in it. Ravina said: But at the present time that the Etan river and the Gamda river flow into it and they are forbidden.
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