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ACTINOFTEKYGII. 
Genus COBITIS (Artedi), Linnaeus. 
[Syst. Nat. cd. 10, 1758, p. 303.] 
Syn. Acanthopsis, L. Agassiz (non Van Hasselt, 1823), Neues Jubi 
1832, p. 134. 
Trunk elongate and laterally compressed. A small erectile s ^ 
orbital spine on the cheek. Pharyngeal teeth in single 
Larbels on upper jaw. No pseudobranchi®. Air-bladder cnc ® 
in bony covering. Dorsal tin short, opposed to or i |nmc 18 ^ 
behind the pelvic pair; anal fin short ; caudal fin rounded, trun 
or slightly forked. Scales minute. , ^ g j a< 
Existing species occur only in the fresh wators of Europe an ^ 
It is impossible with certainty to separate the extinct species ^ 
recorded from the genus Nemachilus, Cuvier (which has no er 
suborbital spine). 
Cobitis centrochir, Agassiz. 
1832. Cobitis centrochir 
1835-39. Cobitis centrochir 
pi. 1. tigs. 1, 4. 
only)- 
", L. Agassiz, Neues Jahrb. p. 134 (name ^ 
whir, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. v. pt.mE 
1 86 1 ! Cobitis bredai, T. C. Winkler, Descript, l’oiss. Foss, d °« 1I1 | e : “ 
(Natuurk. Verhandl. Holland. Maatsch. [2] vol. xi\ ■ ), 1 K > 
figs. 1-3. [Imperfect tish ; Teyler Museum, Ilaarlem- J ^ rilUC e, 
1880. NemachUus centrochir, H. E. Sauvage, Bull. Hoc- ' 
[3] vol. viii. p. 448. 
1880. Nemachilus bredai, II. E. Sauvage, ibid. p. 449. 
Type. Imperfect fish ; olirn Lavater Coll., Zurich. ^ ^gad 
A small species not exceeding 0‘1 in length. Long 1 1 ° 
■with opercular apparatus slightly exceeding the maximum ® ^ ftge 
the trunk and contained about five times in the length to ^ 
of the caudal fin. Vertebrae 26 in tho abdominal, 14 in t ® g . 
region. Pelvic fins with 7, dorsal and anal fins with 4 or 
dorsal fin arising midway between the extremity of the sn . 
the base of the caudal fin, directly opposed to the pelvic P a j r ’ v jjich 
fin arising midway between the pelvic pair and the cau a , 
is rounded or truncated. 
Form, df Loc. Upper Miocene ; Oeningen, Baden. 
P. 1786, P. 3867. Two very small specimens, labelled by Ag ^ gl/Si 
Ktjerton Sf Enmskdun 
inBQt o- .. . Van Breda Co 
43795. Similar specimen. 
42782. Imperfect large specimen, partly in counterpart ' CoO” 
