TEACHINID^.—BLOCHIID 
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Pseudoelegiriusalhyi^ H. E. Sauvage, Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. iv. (1873), 
art. no. 1, p. 164, fig. 13.—Upper Miocene ; Licata, Sicily. 
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Trachinopsis iherica, H. E. Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Geol. France 
y vol. iii. (1875), p. 641, pi. xxiv.—Lower Pliocene (?) 
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Lorca, Murcia, Spain. [Imperfect fish.] 
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Pseudoeleginus intermedius'^P. jonas'^dTidL P. majori are merely' 
names for undetermined fishes from the Upper Miocene of Gabbro, 
Tuscany (de Bosniaski, Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat.—Proc.-Yerb. vol. 
1878, p. xix). 
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1. 
The aberrant family of Lophitd^ seems to date back to the 
Eocene period, but is not represented by any fossils in the Collection. 
The extinct species described as follows seems to be rightly placed 
here:— 
Ldphius hrachysomus, L. Agassiz, Neues Jahrb. 1835, p. 292, 
and Poiss. Eoss. vol. v. pt. i. (1839-44), p. 114, pi. xl. 
Loj)hius piscatorius, G. S. Volta, Ittiolit. Veronese (1796), 
pi. xlii. tig. 3 (errore). Loricaria plecostomus, G. S. Volta, 
ihid. pi. XX. fig. 4 {errore). — Upper Eocene ; Monte Bolca, 
[Imperfect fish; Paris Museum of Natural History.] 
The name Lopliius patagonicus has been given to undescribed 
teeth from the supposed Cretaceous of Patagonia (F. Ameghino, 
Sinops. Geol.-Paleont.—Suplem. 1899, p. 10). 
^4 -/Division G. BLENNIIFORMES. 
Pectoral fins with much extended base on flank; pelvic fins j iigular, 
reduced or absent. Dorsal fin-spines numerous but usually flexible. 
No bony stay between circumorbital ring and preoperculum. 
Synopsis of Families represented hy Extinct Genera. 
Bony scutes on trunk ; snout produced . Blochied^ (p. 591). 
No bony scutes; snout not produced . Blennhd^ (p. 595). 
Family BLOCHIIDHl. 
Elongated fishes with slender caudal pedicle; snout much pro¬ 
duced; mandibular suspensorium nearly vertical and gape very 
wide. Abdominal vertebrae without transverse processes, but 
bearing small ribs. Dorsal fin consisting only of flexible spines 
and occupying nearly the whole of the back ; anal fin also much 
extended ; caudal fin more or less expanded. A covering of bony 
scutes. 
Known only by one genus of Eocene age. 
