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  ACTINOPTERYGII. 
  

  

  P. 
  3585. 
  Another 
  slab 
  ; 
  Seefeld. 
  Enniskillen 
  Coll. 
  

  

  P. 
  5989-91. 
  Three 
  imperfect 
  specimens 
  from 
  0*04 
  to 
  O05 
  in 
  

   length, 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  counterpart. 
  Upper 
  Keuper, 
  Lunz, 
  

   Austria. 
  Purchased, 
  1889. 
  

  

  Pholidophorus 
  Strickland! 
  , 
  Agassiz. 
  

  

  [Plate 
  XIII. 
  fig. 
  1.] 
  

  

  1844. 
  Pholidophorus 
  stricklandi, 
  L. 
  Agassiz, 
  Poiss, 
  Foss. 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  pt. 
  i. 
  

   p. 
  284, 
  pi. 
  xlii. 
  a. 
  figs. 
  3,4. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Nearly 
  complete 
  fish 
  ; 
  olim 
  H. 
  E. 
  Strickland 
  Collection. 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  attaining 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  about 
  # 
  12, 
  of 
  slender 
  

   and 
  graceful 
  proportions, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  much 
  less 
  arcuated 
  than 
  the 
  

   ventral 
  border. 
  Length 
  of 
  head 
  with 
  opercular 
  apparatus 
  somewhat 
  

   exceeding 
  the 
  maximum 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  trunk, 
  which 
  equals 
  about 
  

   one-fifth 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fish. 
  Pelvic 
  fins 
  arising 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  trunk, 
  and 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  fin 
  immediately 
  behind. 
  Scales 
  large 
  and 
  smooth, 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   margin 
  convex 
  and 
  not 
  serrated 
  • 
  four 
  longitudinal 
  flank-series 
  much 
  

   deeper 
  than 
  broad. 
  

  

  Form. 
  Sf 
  Loc. 
  Lower 
  Lias 
  : 
  Leicestershire 
  and 
  Somersetshire. 
  

  

  25407-8. 
  A 
  typical 
  specimen 
  slightly 
  elongated 
  by 
  crushing, 
  in 
  

   counterpart 
  ; 
  Glastonbury, 
  Somersetshire. 
  The 
  fish 
  is 
  

   shown, 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  size, 
  in 
  PI. 
  XIII. 
  fig. 
  1, 
  and 
  exhibits 
  

   all 
  the 
  principal 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  In 
  the 
  counter- 
  

   part, 
  the 
  fulcra 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  pelvic 
  fins 
  are 
  con- 
  

   spicuous. 
  Cunnington 
  Coll. 
  

  

  P. 
  1057. 
  Head 
  and 
  abdominal 
  region 
  of 
  large 
  fish 
  ; 
  Street, 
  Somer- 
  

   setshire. 
  The 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  maxilla 
  is 
  shown, 
  

   and 
  there 
  are 
  traces 
  of 
  a 
  feeble 
  ridged 
  ornament 
  on 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  cranial 
  roof. 
  Egerton 
  Coll. 
  

  

  P. 
  3593. 
  Another 
  large 
  specimen, 
  much 
  fractured 
  and 
  wanting 
  the 
  

   paired 
  fins 
  ; 
  Barrow-on-Soar, 
  Leicestershire. 
  

  

  Enniskillen 
  Coll. 
  

  

  18387, 
  18390-a. 
  Scattered 
  remains 
  of 
  three 
  fishes 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  

   the 
  second 
  exhibiting 
  partially 
  calcified 
  ring-vertebrse 
  ; 
  

   Barrow-on-Soar. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Edward 
  Charlesworth, 
  Esq., 
  1844. 
  

  

  19859, 
  19861. 
  Distorted 
  fish 
  about 
  0*075 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  the 
  caudal 
  

   half 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  specimen 
  ; 
  Barrow-on-Soar. 
  

  

  Purchased, 
  1846. 
  

  

  