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their exposed portion." But "pitted" is different from "perforated". 

 Besides 6'. numidica has 55 vertebrae. 



No other fossil Lutjanus is known than a dubious species Ltii/amw 

 hagari, described by Jordan and Gilbert (Stanford University Publi- 

 cations 1919) from tlie Miocene of California and which later on 

 has been ranged by Jordan in the related genus Neomanis. 



Therefore, an opinion of the age of the two fish-fossils cannot 

 be more than a guess. When we take in mind, that during the 

 Miocene most of the recent geneia were not yet in existence, as 

 Jordan has pointed out recently and when we remember, that the 

 Sardindln is certainly related to recent species and the Lutjanus 

 probably so, 1 feel on these grounds inclined to consider them not 

 older than miocene. 



Both fisiies have been found in one stone, the dimensions of 

 which are about 40 X 20 X 6 cM. Moreover in the same stone some 

 scales of other llsh-species occur, which I do not venture to de- 

 termine. This shows, (hat fish-rests are probably abundant in these 

 layers. A further exploration would certainly be worth while, and 

 could give us more solid information about the age and the character 

 of these deposits. 



