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Elonichthys microlepidotus , R. H. Traquair, Geol. Mag. [3] vol. iii/ 5 ^ 
(1886), p. 441 ; J. Ward, Trans. 1ST. Staffs. Inst. Mining^ 
Engin. vol.x. (1890), p. 174, pi. yi. fig. 1.—Coal-Measures 
(Knowles Ironstone Shale); Longton, North Staffordshire. 
[Imperfect fish ; collection of John Ward, Esq.] 
Elonichthys multistriatus, R. H. Traquair, Proc. Rojn Soc. Edinb. 
vol. xvii. (1890), p. 396.—Carboniferous Limestone; 
Edinburgh. [Fragment; collection of Dr. K. H. Traquair.] 
Elonichthys oblongus, R. H. Traquair, Ganoid Eishes Prit. Carb. 
Eorm. (Pal. Soc. 1877), p. 55, pi. vi. figs. 1, 2; J. Ward, 
Trans. R. Staffs. Inst. Mining Engin. vol. x. (1890), 
p. 173.—Coal-Measures (Knowles Ironstone Shale); 
Eenton, Rorth Staffordshire. [Imperfect fish; collection 
of John Ward, Esq.] 
Elonichthys joectinatus , R. H. Traquair, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 
vol. ix. (1877), p. 430, and Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 
vol. v. (1880), p. 121, and Geol. Mag. [2] vol. ix. (1882), 
p. 545, and Trans. Edinb. Geol. Soc. vol. v. (1887), p. 315. 
—Calciferous Sandstones and Carboniferous Limestone ; 
Midlothian and Eifeshire. [Eish; Edinburgh Museum.] 
The following teeth, described under the name of Ganacroclus 
hastula , R. Owen (Trans. Odontol. Soc. vol. y. 1867, p. 349, pi. vi.), 
are also probably referable to Elonichthys : — 
P. 6241. Type specimen, a microscopical section, figured loc. cit. 
figs. 1, 2; Coal-Measures (Low Main Seam), Rewsham, 
near Rewcastle-upon-Tyne. 
Presented by Sir Richard Owen , K.C.B., 1890. 
P. 6242. Similar microscopical section, figured ibid. figs. 3, 4; 
Rewsham. Presented by Sir Richard Owen , K.C.B., 1890. 
These fossils were assigned to Palceoniscus by Hancock & Atthey, 
Rat. Hist. Trans. Rorthumb. & Durham, vol. iii. (1870), p. 100. 
Doubtful and imperfectly defined species have also been named 
as follows :— 
Elonichthys crassidens , C. G. Giebel, Eauna der Vorwelt, Eische 
(1848), p. 251; E. E. Germar, Yerstein. Steinkohlengeb. 
Y ettin (1849), p. / /, pi. xxx. figs. 5, 6.—Coal-Measures : 
Wettin. [Jaws ; University Museum, Halle.] 
Elonichthys Icevis , C. G. Giebel, ibid. p. 251; E. E. Germar, ibid. 
p. 78, pi. xxx. figs. 7, 8.—Coal-Measures; Wettin. 
[Mandibular ramus; University Museum, Halle.] 
