. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. the Ccelacatiih Fish. 321 wliich is, in my opinion, one o£ the most important contribu- tions ever made to fish morphology. I find, to my great pleasure, that Dr. Stensio has been able to describe in the new genus Wimania nearly all (he structures which occur in Macropoma, and that his interpretation is in nearly all })oints in complete agreement with that which I had reached. In some respects, however, my material is more complete than his, and I therefore give an account o£
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. the Ccelacatiih Fish. 321 wliich is, in my opinion, one o£ the most important contribu- tions ever made to fish morphology. I find, to my great pleasure, that Dr. Stensio has been able to describe in the new genus Wimania nearly all (he structures which occur in Macropoma, and that his interpretation is in nearly all })oints in complete agreement with that which I had reached. In some respects, however, my material is more complete than his, and I therefore give an account o£ the head of Afacropoma as an introduction to a discussion of the relation- ships of the group to which it belongs. Fi-. 1. '^ j(M"'^i Macropohia mantelli, Ag-. Lateral view of the skull, with the dermil bones and pterygoidal apparatus of the left side reiuoved. X 1. EcTt., ectopterygoid; , exoccipital; , foramen probably for the opthalmicus profundus nerve; , "prevomer" and its tooth-plate; 1'al., palatine tooth-plate; , i>ara- sphenoid ; , prootic ; Pt., pterygoid ; Qu., quadrate ; III., foramen for tliird or sixth cranial nerve ; IV , foramen for fourth cranial nerve (^?). Basioccipifal.—Tlie basioccipital is a small very thin bone, with nearly fiat dorsal and ventral surfaces, which are square. It only ossified in full-grown individuals, lis anterior and .Inn. (i; Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. viii, 21. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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