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fin-rays exhibit excessively fine articulations in the 
distal portion ; thn numerous articulations of the elongated 
dorsal fin-ray are also partly shown. 
Presented hy the Earl of Aylesford., 1845. 
49564. Another large specimen with imperfect head and fins. 
Lewis Coll. 
P. 8690. Large imperfect and distorted specimen, with character¬ 
istic toothed premaxilla displaced and well exhibited. 
Purchased^., 1897. 
P.*4028. Large, much distorted specimen, partly showing the upper 
border of the mouth and the characteristic dorsal fin. 
Lewis Coll. 
49565. Imperfect fish about 0*09 in length, deepened by distortion. 
The dorsal fin is very clearly shown, as described in the 
generic diagnosis; and in front of this fin there are 
evidently free neural spines, somewhat thickened, ex¬ 
panded and truncated distally. The course of the lateral 
line is marked upon the scales just above the vertebral 
column. Lewis Coll. 
49562. Equally small fish, somewhat imperfect and deepened by 
distortion, but displaying most of the generic and specific 
characters, shown of the natural size in PI. XVI. fig. I. 
The head is clearly short and deep, the opercular apparatus 
also short and deep, and the clavicle rather stout. Some 
of the ribs are seen beneath the scales; and there are 
similarly indications of three separated neural spines, 
thickened, expanded, and truncated distally, in front of 
the dorsal fin. The neural and haemal spines of the 
caudal region are observed to be very stout. The cha¬ 
racteristic dorsal fin, with its elongated ray, is almost 
completely shown ; and there are fragmentary remains of 
all the other fins. The course of the lateral line is partly 
marked upon the scales immediately above the vertebrae. 
Lewis Coll. 
48159, 49491. Two small specimens, the first displaying the ribs 
and the elongated dorsal fin-ray. Lewis Coll. 
48160, P. Ill, P. 112. Three very small specimens, probably young 
of this species. Lewis Coll. 
