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Abt. XX. — Description of a new Species of Fossil Her- 

 ring, Quisque bakeri, from the Texas Miocene; by 

 David Stake Jordan-. 



Quisque bakeri, new species. 



Family Clupeidce. — Body oblong, compressed, rather short and 

 deep. Head heavy, about eqnal to depth, 3*4 times in length to 

 base of caudal, the snout bluntish; eye large, nearly as long 

 as snout, 3 3/5 in head ; mouth large, oblique ; maxillary about 

 reaching to below middle of eye; the lower jaw projecting, its 

 tip entering profile which is nearly straight. Vertebrae rather 

 strong, striate, hour-glass shaped, about as deep as long, with 



Figs. 1, 2. — Quisque bakeri Jordan. 



strong ribs, neurals and haemals ; the number of 13 + 13 = 26 

 with perhaps three additional vertebrae crushed into the base 

 of the caudal; interneurals and interhaemals obscure, the first 

 interhaemal evident, rather well developed. Pectoral rather 

 short, placed low, eight rays traceable. Dorsal fin short, appar- 

 ently median, the rays obliterated ; anal short, nearly obliterated ; 



