374 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 



1881. Caturus furcatus B. Vetter. 



Mittheil. K. Mineral. -Geol. Mus. Dresden, Pt. IV, p. 109. 

 1887. Caturus maximus K. A. von Zittel. 



Handb. Palsont., Vol. Ill, p. 228, fig. 241 a. 

 1887. Caturus furcatus K. A. von Zittel. 



Ibid., p. 228, figs. 241 b-g. 

 1887. Caturus elongatus K. A. von Zittel. 



Ibid., p. 227, fig. 240 (errore). 

 1895. Caturus furcatus A. S. Woodward. 



Cat. Foss. Fishes Brit. Mus., Pt. Ill, p. 332. 



According to the last-named author, the small fishes described under the 

 following names also appear to be immature examples of this species: 

 1833. Uranus macrurus L. Agassiz. 



Poiss. Foss., Vol. II, Pt. I, p. 12. 

 1839. Caturus microchirus L. Agassiz. 



Neues Jahrb., p. 118. 

 1842. Caturus obovatus G. von Miinster. 



Neues Jahrb., p. 44. 

 1844. Caturus macrurus L. Agassiz. 



Poiss. Foss., Vol. II, Pt. II, p. 118. 

 1844. Caturus microchirus L. Agassiz. 



Ibid., pp. 118, 294. 

 1861. CaittrMS /erox Winkler. 



Descript. Poiss. Foss. Solenhofen (Natuurk., Verhandl. Holland. Maatsch. [2], 

 Vol. XIV, p. 56, fig. 10). 

 1863. Caturus microchirus A. Wagner. 



Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math-Phys. CI., Vol. IX, p. 703. 

 1863. Caturus macrurus A. Wagner. 



Ibid., p. 706. 

 1863. Caturus obovatus and gracilis A. Wagner. 



Ibid., p. 707. 

 1871. Caturus feroxW\n]s\cY. 



Archiv. Mus. Teyler, Vol. Ill, p. 176; pi. V, figs. 2, 3. 



Type. — Nearly complete fish; Royal Bohemian Museum, Prague. 



" The type-species attains a length of about one meter. Length of head with 

 opercular apparatus about equal to the maximum depth of the trunk and usually 

 less than one-quarter of the total length of the fish. Caudal region tapering to a 



