GTilXODONTID^. 
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spines with two horizontally-ex¬ 
tended roots. Diodon (p. 571). 
II. Caudal region aborted. 
Both jaws fused at symphysis, and no 
dental plates. Orthagoriscus (p. 576). 
Genus TETRODOIV, Linnaeus. 
[Syst. I^at. ed. 10, 1758, p. 332 {Tetraodon).'] 
Each jaw with median suture at symphysis, the sharp edge 
strengthened with dental plates. Separate caudal fin. Dermal 
spines small or absent, always without expanded root. 
The following specimens seem to be jaws of undetermined species 
of this genus :— 
P. 6130. Imperfect ramus of jaw ; Miocene, Mt. San Giuseppe, 
Cagliari, Sardinia. 
Presented hy Prof. D. Lovisato, 1889. 
47033. Two rami; Lower Pliocene, Orciano, Tuscany. 
' Purchased, 1875. 
P. 5524. Plaster casts of two rami; Pliocene, 17. Italy. 
Presented hy Prof. G. Capellini, 1888, 
Extinct species, not represented in the Collection, have also been 
described as follows :— 
Tetrodon lawleyi, A. Carraroli, Eivista Ital. Paleont. Yol. iii. 
(1897), fase. 3, p. 26, pi. i. figs. 6, 7.—Pliocene; Piacentin. 
[Jaws.] 
^ 'pygmceus, A. de Zigno, Mem. E. Istit. Yeneto, Yol. xxiii. 
(1887), p. 27, fig. 8.—Epper Eocene; Monte Bolca. 
^ [Eery small fish; Zigno Coll., LniYersity of Padua.] 
’ Tetrodon scillce, E. Lawley, 17uoYi Studi Pesci, etc. Colline 
Toscane (1876), p. 80, pi. iii. fig. 3 (wrongly identified 
with Diodon scillce, Ag.).—Pliocene; Tuscany. [Jaws.] 
Genus DIODOBJ^ Linnaeus. 
[Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, p. 331.] 
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Syn. Megalurites, O. G. Costa, Atti Accad. Pontan. yoI. y. 1850, p. 370, 
Enneodon, J. J. Heckel (gion Prangner, 1845), Sitzungsb. k. Akad. 
Mass., math.-naturw. Cl. yol. xi. 1854, p. 127. 
Heptadiodon, H. G. Broun, Leth. Geogn. ed. 3, yoI. iii. 1855, 
p. 677. 
