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(+4369a), 4483, 4484, 4485, 4486, 4487, 4488 (+4488a), 4493, 4490, 4491, 5235, 
5236. 
Fic. 3. Mene rhombea Volta. Restoration of head portion, showing cranial osteology, about one-half 
natural size (after Cramer). ar, articular; de, dentary; ect, ectopterygoid; ent, entopterygoid; hm, hyomandibular; 
j.0., interoperculum; ma, maxilla; mt, metapterygoid; 0, operculum; pa, palatine; prm, premaxilla; pr.o, preoperculum; 
qu, quadrate; s.0., suboperculum; sq, squamosal; 1, 2, 3, the three centers of ossification visible in the cranial roof. 
18. Mene oblonga* (Agassiz). (Plate XCII, fig. 3.) 
This species is much rarer than the one immediately preceding. Two ex- 
amples of it are reported as belonging to the British Museum, and four are now the 
property of the Carnegie Museum. ‘These are catalogued as follows: 4333, 4337, 
4492, 4020. The last mentioned specimen is shown of the natural size in Plate 
DOIN, inh), 3}, 
Genus SeRIoLA Cuvier. 
Differs from Caranz in having the pectoral fins relatively small, anal shorter 
than the posterior dorsal, and no enlarged or thickened scales along the lateral 
line. 
19. Seriola prisca (Agassiz). (Plates XCVII, fig.6; XCVIIL fig. 1; 
CES few Oleehicu2a) 
1796. Scomber pelagicus G. §. Volta, Ittiolit. Veronese, p. 74, pl. XVI (errore). 
1796. Coryphena G.. 8. Volta, ibid., pl. LX VIII (errore). 
1818. Scomber pelagicus? H. D. de Blainville, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. 
XXVII, p. 346. 
1835. Lichia prisca L. Agassiz, Neues Jahrb., p. 292 (name only). 
1834-44. Lichia prisca L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss., Vol. V, pt. I, p. 34, pls. XI, XIa. 
1854. Seriola prisca J. J. Heckel, Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss., math.-naturw. Cl., 
Vol. XI, p. 186. 
*See editorial note at foot of p. 166. 
