THE STROMATEt'S 
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(Sen. XIX Ihc Stromateus *. 
ZjINNJEUS enumerates two fpecies under this genus, the 
fintola and the patdaf. The char afters are, a round flat 
body, covered with a fmooth glutinous {kin, and defti' 
tute of fcales J. 'I he fize of the fiatola or lampnga, as d 
is called by the fiihermcn of Rome, is nearly a foot, and 
its weight a pound and an half ; the colour of the up 
per part of the body is pale azure, that of the belly fil' 
ver ; the whole beautifully ornamented with yellow fpots > 
upon each fide are two lines, the one ftraight, and the o* 
ther incurvated like a bow §; the fnout is flat, the mouth 
fmall, and the tongue fmooth, flelhy, broad, and move 
able ; the eyes are fmall, and covered with the comm°° 
jnembrane that furrounds the head; the peftoral fins 
furnifhed with a great number of rays, and the ventral at® 
wholly wanting ; the dorfalfin rifes about a third part p 
the total length from the head, is fupported by forty- f* v 
cartilaginous rays, and is prolonged till within lefs th^ 11 
an inch of the tail ; the anal fin nearly refembles it 1-1 
fhape, and takes its rife flill nearer to the tail. 
Willoughby obferved thefe fifties expofed in the 
kets in different parts of Italy, where they are reckon? 
moil delicate food, and bring a high price ; none of £ h e0 
have yet been found in the Briti/h feas. 
* Stromateus, Rondd. Calllchthys, Bclon. 
-j. Syft. Nat. 169. | F. Guan.Hift. Pifcium. p. t/ 3 ’ 
Will. p. rj6. 
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