. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Fishes, Fossil. 456 ACTINOPTERYGII. P. 3585. Another slab; Seefeld. Enniskillen Coll. P. 5989-91. Three imperfect specimens from 0*04 to O05 in length, the first in counterpart. Upper Keuper, Lunz, Austria. Purchased, 1889. Pholidophorus Strickland!, Agassiz. [Plate XIII. fig. 1.] 1844. Pholidophorus stricklandi, L. Agassiz, Poiss, Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. p. 284, pi. xlii. a. figs. 3,4. Type. Nearly complete fish; olim H. E. Strickland Collection. A species of small size, attaining a length of about 0#12, of slender and
. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Fishes, Fossil. 456 ACTINOPTERYGII. P. 3585. Another slab; Seefeld. Enniskillen Coll. P. 5989-91. Three imperfect specimens from 0*04 to O05 in length, the first in counterpart. Upper Keuper, Lunz, Austria. Purchased, 1889. Pholidophorus Strickland!, Agassiz. [Plate XIII. fig. 1.] 1844. Pholidophorus stricklandi, L. Agassiz, Poiss, Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. p. 284, pi. xlii. a. figs. 3,4. Type. Nearly complete fish; olim H. E. Strickland Collection. A species of small size, attaining a length of about 0#12, of slender and graceful proportions, the dorsal much less arcuated than the ventral border. Length of head with opercular apparatus somewhat exceeding the maximum depth of the trunk, which equals about one-fifth of the total length of the fish. Pelvic fins arising con- siderably in advance of the middle point of the trunk, and the dorsal fin immediately behind. Scales large and smooth, the hinder margin convex and not serrated • four longitudinal flank-series much deeper than broad. Form. Sf Loc. Lower Lias : Leicestershire and Somersetshire. 25407-8. A typical specimen slightly elongated by crushing, in counterpart; Glastonbury, Somersetshire. The fish is shown, of the natural size, in PI. XIII. fig. 1, and exhibits all the principal characters of the species. In the counter- part, the fulcra on the dorsal and pelvic fins are con- spicuous. Cunnington Coll. P. 1057. Head and abdominal region of large fish; Street, Somer- setshire. The longitudinally striated maxilla is shown, and there are traces of a feeble ridged ornament on part of the cranial roof. Egerton Coll. P. 3593. Another large specimen, much fractured and wanting the paired fins; Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire. Enniskillen Coll. 18387, 18390-a. Scattered remains of three fishes of moderate size, the second exhibiting partially calcified ring-vertebrse; Barrow-on-Soar. Presented by Edward Charlesworth, Esq., 1844. 19859, 19861.
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