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depth being in front of the dorsal fin. A second distinguishing feature is the 
backward position of the dorsal fin. 
In 1850, Pictet gave a figure of a second specimen of C. lata, Ag., which shows 
the pectoral fins (‘‘Dese. de quelques poiss. foss. du Mont Liban.,” pl. vir, 
fig. 1); but in the second work on the fishes of Lebanon, by MM. Pictet and 
Humbert, this specimen is transferred to Spaniodon brevis, P. and H., and another 
(pl. vut., fig. 6) is figured and described as Clupea lata, Ag. It is nearly related 
to C. sardinoides by the large number of its vertebra, but differs in having 
twenty-one caudal vertebree in place of fifteen, and by the posterior position of 
the dorsal fin. It is distinguished from C. dentex, Blainv., and C. beurardi, 
Blainy., by the greater number of its vertebrae. The shortness of its anal fin also 
serves to distinguish it from C. beurardi, Blainy. 
Formation and Locality.—Upper Cretaceous: probably Hakel, Mount Lebanon. 
Ex coll_—Alexander Brogniart. 
Clupea gaudryi, Picrer and Humpert. 
C. gaudryi. Picrer et Humperr, 1866. ‘Nouv. rech. sur les poiss. foss. du 
Mont Liban.,” p. 60, pl. v., figs. 2-6. 
C. gaudryi. Fraas, Oscar, 1878. ‘Aus dem Orient. II. Theil. Geolog. beobach. 
am Libanon,” p. 91. 
Formation and Locality —WHard chalk: Upper Cretaceous beds, Hakel, Mount 
Lebanon. 
Ez coll_—Museum at Geneva. 
Clupea botte, Pictrer and Humserr. 
C. botte. Picrer et Humbert, 1866. ‘‘ Nouv. rech. sur les poiss. foss. du Mont 
Liban.,” p. 64, pl. vit, figs. 1-5. 
C. botte. Fraas, Oscar, 1878. ‘‘ Aus dem Orient. II. Theil. Geolog. beobach. 
am Libanon,” p. 91. 
MM. Pictet and Humbert’s description covers everything that may be seen 
in the several specimens recently obtained. The scales, which were absent on 
their examples, are large, thin, with rounded posterior margins; on the dorsal 
surface they envelop the base of the dorsal fin, and are arranged in imbricating 
order, with an angular margin. The ventral scales are similar, but more oblong, 
and the posterior extremity is drawn out to a point. 
Formation and Locality.—Upper Cretaceous: Hakel, Mount Lebanon. 
Ex coll—Museum at Geneva; not uncommon. 
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