1903.] Hay\ Cretaceous Fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria. 4^1 



ENCHODONTID^. 



Enchodus marchesettii ? (K r amber ger) . 



Plate XXX, Figures 2 and 3. 



Eurygnathus marchesettii Kramberger (D. G.), Djela Jugoslav. 

 Akad., XVI, 1895, p. 34, pi. vii, fig. 2. 



In the collection are two specimens of an Enchodus which 

 seems to be distinct from E. longidens; and, since there are 

 no species of fishes known to be common to Sahel Alma, 

 where the latter species is found, and Hakel, where E. mar- 

 chesetti was found, it appears to be best for the present to 

 retain the two species as distinct. It is proper to state that 

 I have had no specimens of E. longidens for direct compari- 

 son, and I have not been able to see Kramberger 's description 

 and figure of his species. The present identification is there- 

 fore wholly provisional. 



The two specimens are numbered respectively 4507a (3779) 

 and 45076 (3859). The former (PI. xxx, Fig. 2) presents the 

 head, except a portion of the lower jaw, and the body to the 

 rear of the anal fin, except a portion of the back. No. 45076 

 (3859) consists of the body and tail from the beginning of the 

 dorsal fin. The two specimens have been almost identical in 

 size, and they supplement each other quite completely. 



The head of No. 4507a (3779) is 55 mm. long to the hinder 

 border of the operculum. The lower jaw has been broken 

 away just below the tooth-line, leaving the teeth, but render- 

 ing it impossible to determine the depth of the jaw. The 

 teeth have been slender, some of them quite long; and they 

 are furnished with a few sharp grooves, especially distally. 

 The premaxilla has been of moderate size, and furnished with 

 a long, now missing, fang. The skull and opercular bones 

 appear to have been ornamented as in E. longidens. 



In front of the dorsal fin are three dermal scutes. These 

 are of an elongated oval form, with pointed ends. The an- 

 terior and largest is 8 mm. long and a little more than 3 mm. 

 wide. From the centre of each, ridges radiate to the circum- 

 ference. Below each scute there is seen a plate of bone which 



