CTENOTHEISSIDiE. 
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1887. Beryx vexilUfcr, J. W. Davis, Trans. Doj. Dublin Soc. [2] 
vol. iii. p. 508, pi. xix. fig. 2. 
1899. Ctenorhrissa vexillifer, A. S. Woodward, xAnn. Mag. Nat. Hist. 
[7] vol. iii. p. 490. 
Type. Imperfect fish ; Geneva Museum. 
The type species, attaining a length of about 0*07. Length of 
head with opercular apparatus approximately equal to the maxi¬ 
mum 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. 
Vertebrae 30 in number. Pectoral fins about half as long as the 
pelvic pair, which are inserted beneath the former and comprise 8 
stout rays, the foremost only articulated distally, the others both 
di’ ided and articulated distally, the longest when adpressed to the 
trunk reaching the anal fin ; dorsal fin comprising from 18 to 20 
rays, none spinous, about the sixth being the longest, and its length 
equalling two thirds the depth of the trunk at its insertion; two 
thirds of the dorsal fin situated in the anterior half of the back, 
and the anal fin, with 13 or 14 rays, arising opposite its posterior 
third; the articulations of all the fin-ravs rather distant. Scales 
very finely pectinated. 
Form. Log. Upper Cretaceous : Hakel, Mt. Lebanon. 
P. 90. Large specimen, distorted by fracture across abdominal 
region. Lewis Coll. 
49493, P. 88, P. 5999. Three specimens, a little deepened by dis¬ 
tortion, the second associated with a smaller fish on the 
same slab. Lewis Coll. 
P. 89, P. 91. Two specimens from 0-06 to 0*065 in length, scarcely 
distorted. Lewis Coll. 
49496, P. 107. Twm well-preserved smaller specimens, the first 
displaying about 8 branchiostegal rays. Leiuis Coll. 
P. 9238. Portion of small fish displaying dorsal fin, in counterpart. 
History unknown. 
P. 93. Very small distorted specimen. Lewis Coll. 
The following fi.sh may possibly be a large individual of this 
species, deepened by distortion during fossilisation : — 
P. 4759. Imperfect fish described as the type specimen of Beryx 
ovalis by J. W. Davis, Trans. Boy. Dublin Soc. [2] vol. iii. 
(1887), p. 508, pi. xxvii. fig. 4 ; Hakel. The cranium is 
so much broken and displaced that the frontal bones are 
