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ACTIVOPTERYGII. 
Genus EXOCCETOIDES, Davis. 
[Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. [2] vol. iii. 1887, p- 550.] 
Head relatively largo and jaws apparently toothless. Verte 
about 35 in number, 15 being caudal ; the transverse processes 
the abdominal region very stout. Rays of paired fins mostly 0 
articulated and divided distally, those of median fins articu a 
but not divided. Pectoral fins delicate but very large; P olvi ° 
smaller, with about 7 stout rays, mostly divided distally ; ^ ors ' 1 ^ 
opposite or somewhat in advance of the pelvic pair, with onlj a ^ 
7 undividod rays ; caudal fin rounded, not forked. [Squama 
unknown.] 
pi. xxvi. 
Exaccetoides minor, Davis. 
1887. Exoccetoide s minor, .1. W. Davis, loc. c> t. p- 5ol, pi 
figs. 1, 5. Akad* 
1895. Exocmtoides minor, D. G. Kramberger, Djela Jugoslav. 
vol. xvi. p. 39, pi. viii. fig. 2. ... 1-7] 
1899. Exoccetoides minor, A. S. Woodward, Ann. Mag. Nat. 18 
vol. iv. p. 319. 
Type- Imperfect fish : British Museum. , Q f 
The type species, attaining a length of about (POO. LoHn ^ 
head with opercular apparatus nearly half as great as the 0 
from the pectoral arch to the baso of tho caudal fin. Poctoia 
with about 15 rays, the longest whon adpressed to the 
reaching the anal fin ; pelvic fins inserted within the an 
quarter of tho trunk and their longest rays less than half ns ^ 
as the pectorals ; dorsal fin entirely in advance of the p c ^ l0 ^ 
and its longest rays much shorter than the pectorals ; anal fin 
small, with 7 rays, separated from the caudal fin by a space a 
equal to the length of its base-line. 
Form. Loc. Upper Cretaceous : Hakel, Mt. Lebanon. 
P. 47 56. Typo specimen figured by Davis, loc. cit. fig- 1 » C ^ 1S P 
all the characters mentioned in tho generic and sp^ 
diagnoses. The anal fin is termed “ dorsal by q 0 U. 
P. 8685. Another fine specimen, dorsal aspect. 
P. 6003. Imperfect small specimen. 
Tho two following specimens may perhaps ho immaturo ex 
of this species, but the length of the head with opercular apP a ^ 
is contained threo times in the length from the poctoral arc 1 
Purchased, 18^' 
Lewis Ooll- 
