ORDER TELEOSTEI. 



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from the Miocene of Sicily ; Amphistium and Ductor, from Monte 

 Bolca ; Archceus and Plionemus, from the Lower Eocene of Glarus ; 

 and jEpickthys and Vomer , from the Chalk of Istria. Among exist- 

 ing genera, Platax (fig. 943), popularly known as Sea-Bats, from 

 the great height of the fins, occurs in the Red Crag, in the Monte 



Fig 9^.— Platax altissimus ; from the Middle Eocene of Monte Bolca. Reduced. 



Bolca Middle Eocene, and in the Chalk of the Lebanon and 

 England. The dorsal fin is single, and the spinous portion is 

 nearly entirely concealed, consisting only of from three to seven 

 low spines j the jaws are remarkable for their excessive shortness. 

 Other living genera found in the Monte Bolca beds are Zandus, 



