1904.] 



OSTEOLOGY OP THE ELOPID.« AND ALBULID.'E. 



Megalops OYPRIXOIDES. 



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'llie account of the skull of Megalops given by Shufeldt (U.&>. 

 Fish. Com. Rep. 1883 (1885), pp. 813-816 and figs. 33 and 34) is 

 very incomplete. His i*emarks apply to the cranium only, and his 

 specimen was defective in the parietal and prefrontal regions. 

 Hay (Zool. Bull. ii. 1, 1898, p. 28) gives a side view of the hinder- 

 part of the cranium of " Tarpon atlanticusy The following- 

 remarks are based upon the examination of three specimens of 

 Megalops cyprinoides . 



Text-fig. 12. 



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Cranium of Megalops cyprinoides. 

 A, dorsal view; B, back view; C, left side. For explanation of lettering, see p. 81. 



CVffl9im»^ (text-fig. 12, A, B, & C). — The pro-otic and associated 

 bones are drawn out in a vertical direction, so that the pai-asphenoid 

 takes a sharp bend beneath the pro-otics, instead of i-unning 



