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Sparnodus macr^pnthalmus, Agassiz. 
1796. Spams macrophthalmus, G, S. Volta, Ittiolit. Veronese, p. ccxlvii. 
pi. lx. fig. 2 (errore). 
1796. Cyprimis, G. S. Volta, ibid. pi. Ixxiii. 
1796. Spa7'iLS dentex^ G. S. Volta, ibid. p. Ixii. pi. xiii. fig. 1 {errm'e). 
1796. Spams sargus, G. S. Volta, ibid. p. Ixxyi. pi. xvii. fig. 1 {errore). 
1796. Spams erythrinus, G. S. Volta, ibid. p. ccxlix. pi. lx. fig. 3 
{errore). 
1818. Spams vulgai'is^ H. D. de Blainxille, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Xat. 
Yol. xxvii. p. 349. 
1835. Sparnodus maa'ophthalmus, L. Agassiz, Neues Jahrb. p. 300 
(name only). 
1835. Sparnodus ovalis, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 300 (name only). 
1835. Sparnodus altivelis, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 300 (name only). 
1835. Sparnodus micracanthus, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 300 (name only). 
1839. Sparnodus macrophthalmus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. \\. 
p. 158, pi. xxTiii. fig. 3. 
1839. Sparnodus ovalis, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 161, pi. xxix. fig. 2. [Im¬ 
perfect fist; Paris Museum of Natural History.] 
1839. Sparnodus altivelis, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 162, pi. xxix. fig. 3. 
[Ditto.] 
1839. Sparnodus micr acanthus, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 164, pi. xxviii. fig, 2, 
pi. xxix. fig. 1. [Ditto.] 
1886. Sparnodus lethriniformis, W. Szajnocha, Pamiet. Wydz. matem.- 
przyr. AFad. Umiejet. Krakow, vol. xii. p. 106, pJ. i. fig. 1. [Im¬ 
perfect fisli: University Geological Museum, Cracow.] 
1876. oi'a/fs, F. Bassani, Atti Soc. Veneto-Trent. Sci. Xat. 
vol. iii. p. 177. 
1876. Sparnodus micracanthus, F. Bassani, ibid. p. 177. 
Type. Imperfect fish ; Paris Museum of Xatural History. 
The type species, attaining a length of about 0'3. Trunk very- 
stout, its maximum depth equalling three times that of the caudal 
pedicle and exceeding the length of the head with opercular 
apparatus, which occupies slightly more than one third of the total 
length to the base of the caudal fin. Dorsal fin with 10, anal fin 
with 8 or 9 articulated rays. 
Form. ^ Loo. Upper Eocene ; ilonte Bolca, near Verona. 
44867 , 44870 - 72 . Three specimens in counterpart, the second 
measuring 0*27 in length, and the third shortened and 
deepened by distortion. Xo. 44867 displays the fine 
serrations of the preoperculum, and shows the scales 
extending over the cheek. 
Presented by Benjamin Bright, Esq., 1873. 
