Suborder Scombroidei 



Family Cybiidae 



Genus Sarda Cuvier, 1829 



Sarda sp. 



Material. A fragment of the upper part of the trunk with the 

 dorsal fin. 



Description. The first dorsal fin consists of 16 spines; the first 

 spine is about 40 mm long. The second dorsal fin consists of ca 15 rays 

 which bifurcate at the end but not membering. Three small fins are 

 also seen behind these rays. The preserved fragment of the body is 

 about 160 mm in length. Besides the interneuralia there are 18 neuralia 

 observable from about the mid-point of the first dorsal fin to the end 

 of the body fragment preserved. 



The above dorsal fin closely resembles that of Sarda hrachycephala 

 (Leriche), (Frohlicher, Weiler 1952). The lack of satisfactorily preserved 

 material hampers more accurate specific assignment. 



Suborder Cottoidei 



Family Cottidae 



Genus indet. 



(PI. IV, Fig. 2) 



Material. 7 incomplete skeletons of rather largesized fishes. The 

 dimensions of the most complete specimen are as follows (in mm): 



Body length without caudal fin 160,0 



Maximum body depth ca 24.0 

 Length of head to posterior border of 



operculum 47.4 



Depth of head 32.2 



Description. These fish remains are characterized by a long head 

 with a small, rather high placed orbit (Plate IV, Fig. 2). The jaw has 

 large, conical teeth. The teeth and the presence in the alimentary ca- 

 nal of remnants of xmdigested skeletal parts of Clupeidae indicate the 

 predatory manner of life of these forms. 



The vertebral column consists of 30 long, low vertebrae, centrally 

 very much constricted; among this number, there are 12 caudal ver- 

 tebrae. 



The pectoral fins probably consist of 15 rays. 



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