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under the large preorbitals; the mouth is small and overhung by 
the prominent snout; the circumorbitals strongly contrast with those 
of the Elopids, a large horizontal preorbital being developed along 
Fic. 5—Albula conorhynchus ; skull from right side. Showing the peculiar snout 
(me.), circumorbitals (cor.), ete. (After Ridewood.) 
the side of the snout and this is followed by a short and equally wide 
suborbital, itself succeeded by wide, angular and postorbital bones, 
having a well defined sensory canal. According to Ridewood “there 
are in all twelve bones of” the circumorbital series. “The most 
anterior ones are curious, basket-like bones, not much wider than 
the sensory canals which they carry. The canals in this region are 
particularly large.’ There is no gular plate. The parasphenoid 
Fic. 6.—Albula conorhynchus ; hyopalatine arch, opercular bones, and mandible. 
left side, mesial aspect. Showing the peculiar dental pavement of the entoptery- 
goid bones, lower jaw, etc. (After Ridewood.) 
