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ACTINOPTEKYGII. 
P. 5142. Pish shortened by distortion, in counterpart, and displaying 
the fins ; Engi. Labelled “ 1778. Ex Museo Gronoviano, 
jS^o. 2494.” Purchased^ 1886. 
P. 1857 a. Imperfect fish, elongated by distortion ; Engi. 
Egerton Coll, 
The generic position of the imperfect fish described as follows, 
is not satisfactorily determined, and the species is not represented 
in the Collection ;— 
Scopeloides nicolisi, P. Bassani, Atti E. Accad. Sci. Napoli, [2] 
vol. hi. no. 6 (1889), p. 32, pi. i. fig. 5.—Lower Miocene; 
Chiavon, N. Italy. [Imperfect fish; Piovene Coll., 
Lonedo.] 
Genus PARASCOPELUS, Sauvage. 
[Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. iv. art. no. 1, 1873, p. 196.] 
An imperfectly known genus, with much-elongated head and 
trunk. Cleft of mouth very large, with minute teeth. Pectoral 
fins very large; pelvic fins small and far forwards; dorsal fin 
short-based and median ; anal fin remote, more extended than the 
dorsal; caudal fin forked. Scales large and uniform, not serrated 
at the hinder border. 
Parascopelus lacertosus^ Sauvage. 
1870. Scopelus lacertosus, H. E. Sauvage, Ann. Sci. Nat. [5] vol. xiv. 
art. no. 7, p. 22. 
1873. Parascopelus lacertosus, H. E. Sauvage, Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. iv. 
art. no. 1, p, 196, figs. 50, 51. 
Type. Imperfect fish. 
The type species, attaining a length of about 0*25. Length of 
head with opercular apparatus contained about five times, maximum 
depth of trunk about seven times in the total length of the fish. 
Vertebrae about 54 in number, 30 being caudal. Pectoral fins as 
long as the head, with 14 rays ; dorsal fin with more than 15, anal 
with about 20 rays. 
Form. ^ Loc. Upper Miocene: Licata, Sicily. 
P. 1161-62. Two imperfect specimens. 
Egerton Coll. 
