סוּלְתָּנִית, (denom. of סוֹלֶת) [fish fried with flour,] a small fish believed to grow scales on reaching a certain age (cmp. אַפְיָין). Ḥull. 66ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 39ᵃ אין לו … כגון הס׳ וכ׳ one that has no scales now but will grow them after a time, as, for instance, the sultanith &c. Ib., expl. חֵילֶק I. (Ar. סֻלְתָּ׳).