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" the coracoid [hvpocoracoidj reaches to the basal line below," and it 

 "seems veiy probably to have had originall}- some assistance from an 

 interclavicular ossicle." Parker regarded the Opah and Dory as 



"most aberrant Scombcroids," with atendency toward the Plectoynathi. 

 The difficulties of the homologization of the shoulder girdle of 



piU,(SS) 



Ca3) 



pin 



(J>ts}pd .. 



Ca4.) cr ....._ /f^^^rl "^ 'h> 



(jf>ts.) 

 pel 



.d (O) 



Fig. 1.— Shoulder girdle of lampris (;ittata, outer view. 



*.s. 

 ;w. 



/'!/■ 

 ho. 



(IC. 



n4. 



pttf. 



]>elr. 



v.r. 



GiU. 

 snprascapula. 

 intenscapula. 

 C(L'uosteon or proscapula. 

 hypercoracoid. 

 hypocoracoid. 

 aotinosts 1-3. 

 actino.st 4. 

 postscapula. 

 pelvis, 

 ventral rays. 



Boulenger. 

 posttemporal (ptlc). 

 supraclavicle (sd.). 

 clavicle (cL). 

 scapula (so.) 

 infraclavicle («'/.). 

 pterygials (ptr.). 

 coracoid {cor. ) 

 postclavicle (pel.). 

 pelvis (pelv.). 

 ventral rays {cr.). 



