STROMATEUS. STROMAT. 



Generic Character. 



Caput compressum. 

 Denies in maxillis, palato. 

 Corpus rhombeo - ovatum, 

 compressum, lubricum. 



Head compressed. 

 Teeth both in jaws and palate. 

 Body rhombic-ovate, com- 

 pressed, lubricous. 



STRIPED STROMAT. 



Stromateus Fiatola. S. Argenteo-ccerulescens, fascils nndulatis 



transversis. 



Blueish-silvery Stromat, with transverse undulated bands. 

 Stromateus Fiatola. S. sulfastiatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 432. 

 Fiatola Romae dicta. Gesn. Janst. Will. $c. 



JL H I S species, though a native of the Mediter- 

 ranean, seems to be somewhat less distinctly known 

 than the rest of the genus. It is described by 

 Belon, Aldrovandus, Willughby, and others, as of a 

 broad and flat form, but thin, the body being much 

 compressed laterally : its colour on the upper parts 

 is blue, of the sides and abdomen silvery; the whole 

 body being marked transversly by numerous un- 

 dulated or rather zigzag lines of a yellowish or 

 golden cast, and the lips dged with red : on each 

 side the body are two lateral lines, one of which, 

 viz. that nearest the back, is curved; the other 



