19. STROMATEUS. 397 



Fourth Group. STROMATEINA. 



Scombridce with one long dorsal fin, without distinct spinous cUvi- 

 sion ; toothed processes extend into the oesophagus. 



19. STROMATEUS*. 



Stroniateus, Artedi, Genera, p. 19 ; Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 372. 

 Apolectus, Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 438. 

 Ehombus, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 400. 

 Peprilus, Cuv. Mer/ne Atmn. 

 Seseriniis, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 416. 



Body compressed, more or less elevated, covered with very small 

 scales ; the cleft of the mouth of moderate width, or rather narrow. 

 A single long dorsal and anal, ■svith rudimentary, spines anteriorly ; 

 both scaly. Ventral fins none in the adult state. A single series of 

 minute teeth, inserted in the acute margins of the jaws ; palate and 

 tongue smooth. The oesophagus is armed with numerous bony, 

 barbed teeth. Five, six or seven branchiostegals ; pseudobranchiag 

 present ; air-bladder none. Pyloric appendages in very great 

 number. 



Inhabitants of nearly aU the tx'opical and temperate seas. 



1. Stromateus fiatola. 



STpcoixaTfvs, Athen. vii. v. 322. 



Stromateus, Rondel, v. cap. 24. p. 157 ; Gesner, Aqtiat. iv. p. 925 ; 



Aldrov. ii. c. 22. p. 192 ; Jonston, i. tit. 3. cap. 1. art. 12. tab. 19. f. 7 ; 



Wilhighby, pp. 156, 157. pi. 1 & 4. f. 2 ; Raij, p. 50. 

 Fiatola (Callicnthys), ^e^/ow. p. 153; G-'eswer, p. 926; Rondel. \i\i. 



cap. 21. p. 257 ; Aldrov. ii. c. 24 ; Jonston, i. tit. 3. cap. 1. art. 13. 



tab. 19. f. 8. 

 Hepatus, Gesner, p. 413. 

 Stromateus, sp., Artedi, Genera, p. 19. 

 Stromateus fiatola, L. St/st. i. p. 432 ; £1. Schn. p. 492 ; Lacep. ii, 



p. 316 ; Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 373. pi. 272; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 100; 



Martens, Reise nach Venedig, ii. p. 435 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. lU. 



Poiss. pi. 63. fig. 1 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesd, cum fig. ; Guichen, 



Ex2}lor. Alger. Poiss. p. 64. 

 Chrysostromus fiatoloides, Lacep. iv. pp. 697, 698. 



Scales exceedingly small ; a rudiment of the ventrals visible, hidden 

 below the skin ; pelvis without spine ; no pores along the base of 

 the dorsal. The height of the body is contained three times in the 



* 1. Stromateus argenteiis, Eitphrasen, Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh. ix. 

 1788, p. 49. tab. 9.— Stromateus aculeatus, Bl. Schn. p. 492 ; Cuv. # Val. 

 ix. p. 394. — Sea of China. 

 2. Seserinus xanthiu-us, Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 384. — Rhombus 

 xanthurus, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 405; Shane, Jamaica, ii. p. 281. pi. 250. 

 f. 4. — Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



