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Sparnodus microstomus (Agassiz). 
1796., Spams hrama, G. S.. Volta, Ittiolit. Veronese, p. clxxxvii. pi. xlv. 
3 {errore). 
1818. Sparushrama — Sparus vulgaris.,1^. . de Blainville, Nouv. Diet. 
d’Hist. Nat. vol. xxv-ii. p. 350. 
1835. Serranus microstomus^ L. Agassiz, Neues Jahrb. p. 299 (name 
only). 
1835. Serranus occipitalis, L. Agassiz, ihid. p. 300 (name only). 
1835. Dentex hreviceps, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 300 (name only). 
1839. Serranus microstomus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. iv. p. 100, 
pi. xxiii a. 
1839. Serranus occipitalis, L. Agassiz, ihid. p. 102, pi. xxiii. [Im¬ 
perfect fish ; Paris Museum of Natural History.] 
1839. Dentex hreviceps, L. Agassiz, ihid. p. 149, pi. xxvii. figs. 3, 4. 
[Imperfect fish ; Palaeontological Museum, Munich.] 
Type. Imperfect fish; Paris Museum of Natural History. 
A smaller species than the type, of similar general proportions, 
hut frontal profile apparently steeper, scales smaller, articulated 
dorsal fin-rays 12, articulated anal fin-rays 10 in number. 
Form. ^ Log. Upper Eocene : Monte Bolca. 
13452-53, 21425, 21529. Three specimens in counterpart, the first 
very imperfect. Furcha&ecl. 
P. 1935. Two small specimens. Egerton Coll. 
P. 3898, P. 3902. Two small specimens, the first labelled Serranus 
microstomus, the second Dentex hreviceps by Agassiz. 
EnnisTcillen Coll.. 
P. 1966. Imperfect fish 0-175 in length, doubtfully of this species. 
Egerton Coll. 
Sparnodus bowerbanki (Agassiz). 
1845. Scicenurus bowerbanki, L. Agassiz, Pep. Brit. Assoc. 1844, 
p. 295, pi. xl. 
1845. Scieenurus crassior, L. Agassiz, ibid. p. 307 (name only). 
(?) 1854. Scicenurus brevior, R. Owen, Catal. Foss. Rept. & Pisces, 
Mus. Roy. Coll. Surg. p. 171, no. 681. [Fragmentary head.] 
Type. Fragment of head and trunk; British Museum. 
The type species of the so-called Scicenurus, known only by 
fragments. Larger than the preceding species, with the anterior 
suborbital and preoperculum more coarsely and prominently 
crimped. 
