﻿524 ACTINOPTERYGII. 



Coccolepis bucklandi, Agassiz. 



1844. Coccolepis bucklandi, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. 



p. 300, pi. xxxvi. figs. 6, 7. 

 1848. Coccolepis bucklandi, C. G. Giebel, Fauna der Vorwelt, Fische, 



p. 150. 

 1863. Coccolepis bucklandi {? = Liodesmus), A. Wagner, Abh. matli.- 



phys. CI. k. bay. Akad. Wiss. vol. ix. p. 709. 

 1881. Coccolepis bucklandi, B. Vetter, Mittheil. k. mmeral.-geol. Mus. 



Dresden, pt. iv. p. 37, pi. i. fig. 2. 



Type. Fish ; Oxford Museum. 



The type species, of small size, known specimens not exceeding 

 0*075 in length. Maximum depth of trunk comprised more than five 

 times in the total length ; head much elongated. Dorsal fin arising 

 in advance of the middle point of the hack, relatively large, about 

 as long as deep, and its maximum depth equalling that of the trunk 

 at its point of origin ; anal fin small. Scales ornamented externally, 

 each with three longitudinal series of sparse tuberculations. 



Form. Sf Log. Lower Kimmeridgian (Lithographic Stone) : 

 Bavaria. 



Not represented in the Collection. 



Coccolepis andrewsi, sp. nov. 



1890. Coccolepis andrewsi, Woodward & Sherborn {ex Traquair, MS.), 

 Cat. Brit. Foss. Vertebrata, p. 37. 



Type. Fish, wanting pectoral fins : Museum of Practical 

 Geology. 



A small species, attaining a length of about 0-06. Maximum 

 depth of trunk contained at least six times in the total length ; 

 upper caudal lobe excessively elongated and slender. Fin-rays with 

 distant articulations. Dorsal fin arising slightly in advance of the 

 middle point of the back, opposed to the hinder portion of the pelvic 

 fins, as deep as long, and its maximum depth not exceeding that of 

 the trunk at its point of origin ; anal fin scarcely deeper than long, 

 about two-thirds as long as the dorsal, arising completely behind the 

 latter and situated close to the caudal fin. Scales very coarsely 

 granulated ; fulcra of upper caudal lobe slender, much elongated, 

 and very numerous. 



Form. § Loe. Lower Purbeck Beds : Teffont, near Salisbury, 



P. 6302. Posterior abdominal and caudal region of fish, in counter- 

 part. Presented by Bev. W. R. Andrews, 1890. 



