Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . pnt P^P top ^ ^^ S/7V Ji^ d Fig. I.—Elops saiinis; skull from right side. (After Ridewood.) opc-/^. pm -pop .--mw sm Fig. 2.—Megalops cyprinoides; skull from right side. Figs. I and 2.—Elopoid skulls showing trend of mouth, composition of supramaxil- laries {sm.), shape of circumorbital bones {cor.), etc. (After Ridewood.) gill] THE TARPON AND LADY-FISH 33 laries are very large, each composed of three pieces, and mostlyoutside of but adjoining- the suborbitals (cor) ; the circumorbitalsare peculiarly modified, there being a well developed preorbital, fol
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . pnt P^P top ^ ^^ S/7V Ji^ d Fig. I.—Elops saiinis; skull from right side. (After Ridewood.) opc-/^. pm -pop .--mw sm Fig. 2.—Megalops cyprinoides; skull from right side. Figs. I and 2.—Elopoid skulls showing trend of mouth, composition of supramaxil- laries {sm.), shape of circumorbital bones {cor.), etc. (After Ridewood.) gill] THE TARPON AND LADY-FISH 33 laries are very large, each composed of three pieces, and mostlyoutside of but adjoining- the suborbitals (cor) ; the circumorbitalsare peculiarly modified, there being a well developed preorbital, fol-lowed by a narrow suborbital, above the supramaxillary, and thenby broad ones beginning above the hinder portion of the supra-maxillary and continued back of the orbits. The parasphenoid boneis narrow. The family of the Elopids, like that of the Chirocentrids, is adecadent one—one of the past rather than of the present. It wasrepresented by numerous genera and still more numerous speciesduring the Cretaceous epoch. Some of those were of large size,even exceeding the recent tarpon in dimensions, and almost all ofthem became ext
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