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in the front half of the fish, exposing to view the vertebral 

 centra and ribs; while in the posterior part of the fish 

 the scales are hardly disarranged. There are at least 50 

 transverse rows of scales in the length of the fish. 



■ Measurements cm. 



Total length (including caudal) 88 



Depth, behind pectoral arch 15 



Length of head 26 



Length of pectoral 8 



Length of ventral 10 



Length of anal 10 



Length of dorsal 10 



Length of caudal 12 



Length of mandible 16 



Family AMIIDJE 



Megalurus elegantissimus Wagner 



E 2157 Cast of a fish ii cm. in length, showing all the fins. 



Lithographic slate (Upper Jurassic); Solnhofen, 

 Bavaria. 



Family PHOLIDOPHORID^ 



Pholidophorus sp. 



E 2599 Head and anterior portion of trunk. 



Lithographic stone; Solnhofen, Bavaria. 



Family CLUPEID^ 



Diplomystus brevissimus (Blainville) 



This species is represented by three specimens, collected by Mrs. 

 C. B. Hoyt. They are from the type locality and formation — Upper 

 Cretaceous; Mt. Lebanon, Syria. 



E 2128 Slab of limestone with four finely-preserved fishes. 



E 2129 Slab with four fishes. 



E 2130 Complete fish on limestone, showing all fins. 



