BEETCIM. 
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Form. S[ Loc. Upper Cretaceous : Hakel, Mt. Lebanon. 
4758. Type specimen described and figured by Davis, loc. cit. 
Impressions of the maxilla and the lower end of the 
preoperculum exhibit a radiating ornamentation. The 
vertebrae are stout, and 13 or 14 may be reckoned as 
caudal. A pelvic fin exhibits one long spine and the 
bases of six divided rays. The characters of the dorsal 
and anal fins are mentioned in the above diagnosis. I he 
caudal fin, with very stout rays, is clearly forked. The 
feeble serrations of the scales are especially distinct in 
the abdominal region. Lewis Coll. 
P- 94. Fragmentary distorted specimen. 
I*- 8689. Imperfect fish. 
Lewis Coll. 
Purchased, 1897. 
Hoplopteryx syriacus (Pictet & Humbert). 
I860. Bery.v syriacus, Pictet & Humbert, Nouv. Rech. Poiss. Foss. 
Mt. Liban, p. 28, pi. L . . . 
1887. Hoplopteryx syriacus, J. W. Davis, Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. - J 
voL iii. p. 514. 
Type. Imperfect distorted fish ; Geneva Museum. 
-4. species attaining a length of about 0‘15. Length of head with 
opercular apparatus considerably less than the maximum depth 
of the trunk, and contained about one and a half times in the length 
from the pectoral arch to the base of the caudal fin. Dorsal fin 
occupying one half of the back, comprising 8 very stout, longi- 
tudinally-ribbed spines and about 12 divided rays, the length of the 
longest spine equalling half the depth of the trunk at its insertion ; 
anal fin with 5 very stout spines, which gradually increase to a 
length equalling that of the longest dorsal, arising opposite the 
foremost divided ray of the dorsal. Serrations of scales very deep 
and fine. 
Form, Loc. Upper Cretaceous: Mount Lebanon, Syria. 
43553. Imperfect fish, apparently not distorted, displaying the 8 
dorsal spines and good impressions of the 5 anal spines ; 
Sahel Alma. Lewis Co11 - 
46507, 48108, 48109. Three fragments of trunk, the last two dis- 
playing remains of the 5 anal spines ; Sahel Alma. 
Lewis Coll. 
