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the belly prominent. Head large, rather pointed, the bones ap- 

 parently thin, but enameled. Scales thirty-five to forty. Mouth 

 large, oblique, the lower jaw prominent, the cleft probably not 

 reaching the front of the large orbit. Vertebrae thirty-seven, ap- 

 parently well ossified, the centrum large, the neural and haemal 

 spines slightly curved and posteriorly strongly inclined back- 

 ward. Scales large, quadrate in form, distinctly enameled; prob- 



Pig. 17. E1 riii gits scintillans Jordan. Miocene of Soledad Pass. Type 

 specimen. 



ably about thirty-five in a lateral series; those on the side not 

 greatly deepened ; lateral line very distinct, running along the 

 side of the belly, very low, apparently ceasing beyond the tip of 

 the ventral fin. Scales of the lateral line with radiating or digi- 

 tate ridges, some apparently of this series with a crenate digitate 

 margin. 



Dorsal fin apparently nearly median, only traces of anterior 

 rays being left. Ventrals reduced to a trace, apparently nearly 



