Capitones
Latin name: | Capitones |
Other names: | Capitonibus maris |
Category: | Fish |
A sea fish with a large head and narrow tail
General Attributes
The capitones is found in some medieval encyclopedias. It is a fish of the sea, three cubits long, that has a large head and a small, narrow tail.
There is another fish with a similar name, the capito, also called capitone. The capito is a small river fish; the capitones is a large sea fish.