:ii The stromateu 



Gen. XIX. — Ipe Stromateus *, 



LlNN^US enumerates ttvo fpecies under this gerus, the 

 fiatola and the pardaf. The characters are, a round flai 

 body, covered with a fmooci; glutinous fkin, and defti- 

 tute of fcales {. The fize of the fiatola or lampuga, as ic 

 is called by the fifhermen of Rome, is nearly a foot, and 

 its weight a pound and an half; the colour of the up- 

 per part of the body ia pale azure, that of the belly fil- 

 ▼er ; the whole beautifully ornamented with yellow fpots ; 

 upon each fide are two lines, the one Itraight, and the o- 

 ther incurvated like a bow §; the fnout is flat, the mouth 

 fiuall, and the tongue fmooth, flefhy, broad, and move- 

 able ; the eyes are fmall, and covered with the common 

 membrane that furrounds the head; the pe6l©ral fins are 

 furnilhed with a great number of rays, and the ventral are 

 •wholly wanting ; the dorfal fin rifes about a third part of 

 the total length from the head, is fupported by forty-fix 

 cartilaginous rays, and is prolonged till within Icfs than 

 an inch of the tail ; the anal fin nearly refembles it ia 

 ihape, and takes its rife ftill nearer to the tail. 



Willoughhy obferved thefe filhes expofed in the mar- 

 kets in different parts of Italy ^ where they are reckoned 

 moft delicate food, and bring a high price j none of thecEi 

 have yet been found in the Britijh feas. 



• Stromateus, Rondsl. Callichthys, Bclon. 

 •f Syft. Nat. 169. I F. Guan.Hift. Pirdnju. p. f 7J. 



Will. p. Ij6. 



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