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ACTINOPTERYGtl. 
close to the ventral border ; pelvic fins smaller, opposed to the 
dorsal fin, which is situated within the anterior half of the bac 
and exhibits one anterior ray excessively elongated and closel) 
articulated ; anal fin very small and remote ; caudal fin stout hut 
deeply forked. Scales large, smooth, and uniform, moderately thio i 
not serrated at the hinder border; lateral line conspicuous. 
Nematonotus bottse (Pictet & Humbert). 
[Plate XVI. fig. 1.] 
1866. Clupea hottee, Pictet & Humbert, Nouv. Iiech. Poiss. Foss. Mt 
Liban, p. 64, pi. vii. tigs. 1-5. 
1887. Clupea hottee, J. W. Davis, Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. [2] vol. lU ' 
P- 675. 
188/. Pneudoberyx lonyupina , J. W. Davis, ibid. p. 511, pi* xxV * ^ 
[Distorted fish ; Edinburgh M useum.] . rm - 1 
1899. Nematonotus hottee , A. S. Woodward, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. |_ 
vol. iv. p. 817. 
Type. Nearly complete fish ; Geneva Museum. ^ 
Ihe type species, attaining a length of about 0'12. Lcngt 
head with opercular apparatus apparently about equalling ^ 
maximum depth of the trunk, and half its length from the l l( ' c *° ^ 
arch to the base of the caudal fin [but all known specimens 
siderably distorted]. Pectoral fins with about 10 rays, of , 
one or more of the foremost arc very stout and closel)' articu a ^ 
and not divided distally ; pelvic fins with 7 or 8 stout divide ra -^ 
arising opposite the anterior half of the dorsal fin, much dCJ1 * j l0f t 
the pectoral pair than to the anal ; dorsal tin comprising one s 
spinous ray in front, next a longer ray, closely articulated ^ ® 
not divided distally, noxt a simple, articulated ray excess 1 ^ 
elongated to an extent equalling about two thirds the length o ^ 
back behind its insertion, finallv 9 rays of moderate cu ®^ e 
eding 
shortening backwards, all both articulated and divided distal ) 
space between the dorsal fin and the occiput slightly eXceC l( j 8 j 
the length of its base-line, the space between the dorsal and ca 
fins equalling from two to three times the same measurement . ^ 
fin with about 8 rays, separated from the caudal by a space ail 
imately equal to the length of its base-line. . 
Form. Sf Luc. Upper Cretaceous : Hakel, Mt. Lebanon, ) r 
P. 9409. Large specimen considerably fractured. The an ^ 
ends of the slender premaxilla and maxilla art sec )r ’ ove d 
behind the other; and the number of vertebra- 18 ^ cfo ral 
to be approximately 80. Remains of the stou P° 
