Mr. FccliS accLunl of four remarhahh Fi/Jjcs. " c i 



was taken, was 91 Indies, its breadth 3^ Inches, and its 

 thicknefs li inch, in the thickefl part. 



This fifli is furniflied with two ftomachs, one of which is 

 fituated near the throat and is nearly round, mufcular, and 

 rough on the infide ; the other is in the abdomen. It becomes 

 putrefcent fo foon after being taken out of the water, that the 



internal economy could not fatisfaclorily be farther invefli- 

 gated. 



In the principal particulars of its generic characler it accords 

 with the Stromateiis of Linne ; its fpecific charader may be 

 taken from the fpines with which it is armed : hence it may 



be defined Stromateus (triacanthus) fpinula antrorfum decum- 



bente ante pinnam dorfalem et analem, aliaque poflice fpcc- 

 tante ante anmn. Linne in Syft. Nat. Vol. I. p. 432 mentions 

 two ipecies, the Stromateus (Fiatola) fubfafciatus, and St. (Paru) 

 unicolor, and to the latter he adds a fynonym from Sloane's 

 Nat. Hift. of Jamaica,* The fpecimen above defcribed differs 

 from the Fiatola in not being at aU ftriped, and from the Paru 

 it differs exceedingly in the form of the dorfal and anal fins, 

 as well as in the fpines, if Sloane's figure is accurate. 



This genus appears to have been named by Artedi from 

 STg«^T£yj, Pulvinar, as the gentle convexity of the fides gives 



fomewhat the appearance of a cuiliion. 



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I have given it a trivial name and defined it as a new fpe- 



cies J and have been induced to this by being unable fatisfac- 



torily 



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* Sloanc's Nat. Hift. of Jamaica, Vol. II. plate 250, fig. 4. Pampus. 



