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ACTIN'OI’XKIIYGU. 
R. Lawley, Nuovi Studi Pesci, etc., Colline Toscane (1876), p. 81, 
pi. i. fig. 15. 
The existing genera Pliyds, Bloch & Schneider, and Strinsia , 
Rafinesque, are not definitely known to have extinct representa- 
tives ; but two fragments are provisionally ascribed to them as 
follows : — 
Pliycis snessi, P. Steindachner, Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss., math.- 
naturw. Cl. vol. xl. (1860), p. 566, pi. ii. fig. 2. Brosmius, 
J. J. Heckel, Jahrb. k.-k. geol. Reichsanst. vol. ii. (1851), 
p. 157. — Lower Pliocene; Inzersdorf, Vienna. [Caudal 
region ; Court Museum, Vienna.] 
Strinsia alata, F. Steindachner, loc. cit. vol. xxxviii. (1859), 
p. 771, pi. i. fig. 2. — Upper Miocene ; Szakadat, Sieben- 
biirgen. [Head, etc. ; Court Museum, Vienna.] 
Genus BROSMIUS, Cuvier. 
[Regne Animal, ed. 2, vol. ii. 1829, p. 334.] 
Trunk elongated and laterally compressed, tapering behind. 
Margin of jaws, vomer, and palatines with small clustered teeth, 
some of the vomerine and palatine teeth enlarged. Chin with 
barbel. Paired fins of moderate size. Dorsal and anal fins 
undivided ; caudal fin separate, rounded behind. Scales very 
small. 
Only one existing species in north temperate seas. 
No remains of extinct species are preserved in the Collection, but 
the following have been described : — 
Brosmius elongatus, D. G. Kramberger, Beitr. Palaont. Oesterr.- 
Ungarns, vol. iii. (1883), p. 69, pi. xiv. fig. 2, and Rad 
Jugoslav. Akad. vol. lxxii. (1885), p. 63. — Upper Miocene ; 
Dolje, Croatia. [Imperfect fish ; Geological Museum, 
University of Agram.] 
Brosmim fuchsianus , D. G. Kramberger, loc. cit. 1883, p. 68, 
pi. xiii. fig. 4. — Upper Miocene ; Podsused, Croatia. 
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Brosmius strossmayeri, D. G. Kramberger, loc. cit. 1883, p. ■ l9 > 
pi. xiv. fig. 1. — Upper Miocene (?) ; Beocin, Croatia. 
[Ditto.] 
Brosmius suseclanus, R. Kner, Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss., math.- 
naturw. Cl. vol. xlviii. pt. i. (1863), p. 145, pi. iii- fig- ** ’ 
D. G. Kramberger, loc. cit. 1883, p. 68. — Upper Miocene, 
Podsused. [Imperfect fish ; Court Museum, Vienna.] 
