1903.] Ha)\ Cretaceous Fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria. 4^9 



mens of N . hottaz. The pectoral seems to have had 13 rays. 

 Of these the third is the largest, its breadth being i mm, and 

 it is broken off at a distance of 16 mm. from its base. The 

 ventral fin appears to have comprised 8 rays. These are 

 broken off at a distance of 10 mm. from the base, but they 

 have evidently extended much farther. The dorsal probably 

 possessed 12 rays; there are 12 interneurals. Of the rays, 

 the third is greatly elongated, extending nearly to the tip of 

 the caudal fin. In the anal there are 8 or 9 rays. The caudal 

 is deeply forked. There appear to be 28 vertebrae. The 

 scales are large. I count 4 above the lateral line. 



No. 45106 (3663) has the caudal region and the caudal fin 

 wanting. The total length must have been close to 170 mm. 

 The head is 39 mm., the depth of the body, 47 mm. The 

 elongated dorsal ray is only 50 mm. long, but had doubtless 

 in life been longer. The pectoral rays are 24 mm. long, but 

 may originally have been longer. The stomach and intes- 

 tines are represented by their phosphatic contents, the former 

 having formed an S-like loop. 



No. 45 IOC (3664) lacks the body in front of the dorsal fin 

 and most of the remainder of the body below the vertebral 

 column. This individual has had a total length of about 

 200 mm., a giant when compared with the described speci- 

 mens of N . hotice. From the fork of the caudal fin to the 

 front of the dorsal is 107 mm. The third dorsal ray has no 

 remarkable length, but it appears to have had the extremity 

 broken off. 



No. ASiod (3678) (PI. XXXIV, Fig. 2), lacks most of the 

 caudal fin. The specimen measures 70 mm. to the base of 

 the caudal. The third dorsal ray has a length of 56 mm., 

 and would extend nearly to the extremity of the caudal fin. 

 The head is 24 mm. long; the body 37 mm. deep. The long- 

 est pectoral ray is nearly as long as the head. 



No. 4510^ (3679) is a nearly complete fish, but it has suf- 

 fered some weathering. The total length is 102 mm. ; to the 

 base of the caudal fin 76 mm. The longest dorsal fin-ray 

 equals 62 mm. No. 4510/ (3723) (PI. xxxv), has a total 

 length of 170 mm. The elongated dorsal ray runs to the 



