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Elonichthys microlepidotus, R. H. Traquair, Geol. Mag. [3] vol. iii. 



(188G), p. 441 ; J. Ward, Trans. N. Staffs. Inst." Mining 



Engin. vol.x. (1890), p. 174, pi. vi. fig. 1. — Coal-Measures 



(Knowles Ironstone Shale) ; Longton, North Staffordshire. 



[Imperfect fish ; collection of John Ward, Esq.] 

 Elonichthys multistriatus, R. H. Traquair, Proc. Roy. Soc. Ediub. 



vol. xvii. (1890), p. 396. — Carboniferous Limestone ; 



Edinburgh. [Eragment ; collection of Dr. R. H. Traquair.] 

 Elonichthys oblongns, R. H. Traquair, Ganoid Fishes Brit. Carb. 



Form. (Pal. Soc. 1877), p. 55, pi. vi. figs. 1, 2; J. Ward, 



Trans. N. Staffs. Inst. Mining Engin. vol. x. (1890), 



p. 173. — Coal-Measures (Knowles Ironstone Shale) ; 



Fenton, North Staffordshire. [Imperfect fish ; collection 



of John Ward, Esq.] 

 Elonichthys joectinatus, R. H. Traquair, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 



vol. ix. (1877), p. 430, and Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 



vol. v. (1880), p. 121, and Geol. Mag. [2] vol. ix. (1882), 



p. 545, and Trans. Edinb. Geol. Soc. vol. v. (1887), p. 315. 



— Calciferous Sandstones and Carboniferous Limestone ; 



Midlothian and Fifeshire. [Fish: Edinburgh Museum.] 



The following teeth, described under the name of Ganacrodus 

 hastula, R. Owen (Trans. Odontol. Soc. vol. v. 1867, p. 349, pi. vi.), 

 are also probably referable to Elonichthys : — 



P. 6241. Type specimen, a microscopical section, figured loc. cit. 

 figs. 1, 2 ; Coal-Measures (Low Main Seam), Newsham, 

 near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 



Presented by Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 1890. 



P. 6242. Similar microscopical section, figured ibid. figs. 3, 4 ; 

 Newsham. Presented by Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 1890. 



These fossils were assigned to Palazoniscus by Hancock & Atthey, 

 Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumb. & Durham, vol. iii. (1870), p. 100. 



Doubtful and imperfectly defined species have also been named 

 as follows : — 



Elonichthys crassidens, C. G. Giebel, Fauna der Vorwelt, Fische 

 (1848), p. 251 ; E. F. Germar, Terstein. Steinkohlengeb. 

 Wettin (1849), p. 77, pi. xxx. figs, 5, 6. — Coal-Measures : 

 Wettin. [Jaws; University Museum, Halle.] 



Elonichthys Icevis, C. G. Giebel, ibid. p. 251 ; E. F. Germar, ibid. 

 p. 78, pi. xxx. figs. 7, 8. — Coal-Measures ; Wettin. 

 [Mandibular ramus ; University Museum, Halle.] 



