19. STROMATEUS. 397 



Fourth Group. STROMATEINA. 



Scombridce with one long dorsal fin, \vithout distinct spinous divi- 

 sion ; toothed processes extend into the oesophagus. 



19. STROMATEUS*. 



Stromateus, Artedi, Qenei-a, p. 19 ; Cuv. l^ Val. ix. p. 372, 

 Apolectus, Cuv. cf T^al. viii. p. 438. 

 Rhombus, Ciiv. Sf Val. ix. p. 400. 

 Peprilus, Cur. Reyne Anim. 

 Seserinus, Cui\ ^- Val. ix, p. 416. 



Body compressed, more or less elevated, covered with very smaU. 

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

 A single long dorsal and anal, mth 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 

 tong-ue smooth. The oesophagus is armed with numerous bony; 

 barbed teeth. Five, six or seven branchiostegals ; pseudobranchiao 

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

 number. 



Inhabitants of nearly all the tropical and temperate seas. 



1. Stromateus fiatola. 



2Tpa)naTfvs, Athen. vii, v. 322. 



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



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



Willutjhhy, pp. 156, 157. pi. 1 & 4. f. 2 ; Ray, p. 50. 

 Fiatola (Callichthys), Bellun. p. 153; Gesner, p. 926; Rondel. \iu, 



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



tab. 19. f. 8. 

 Hopatus, Gesner, p. 413. 

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

 Stromateus fiatola, L. Syst. i. p. 432 ; Bl. Schn. p. 492 ; Laeep. ii. 



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



Martens, Reise nach Venediy, ii. p. 435 ; Cuv. Reyne Anim. Ill, 



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



Ex2ilor. Alyer'. Poiss. p. 64. 

 Cln-ysostromus fiatoloides, Lacep. iv. pp. 697, 698. 



D.-i. A.^. 



40 33 



Scales exceedingly small ; a rudiment of the ventrals \'isible, 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 argenteus, Euphrasen, Vetensk Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh.ix. 

 1788, p. 49. tab. 9.— Stromateus aciileatus, Bl. Schn. p. 492 ; Cm. ^ Val. 

 ix. p. 394. — Sea of China. 

 2. Seserinus xanthurus, Quay Sf Gaim. Voy. Frcyc. Zool. p. .384. — Ehombus 

 xantburus, Cuv. ^~ Val. ix. p. 405; Sloane, Jamaica, ii. p. 281. pi. 250. 

 f. 4. — Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



