Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . PART II. 2 I 482 ACTIN0PTERYG1I. 43430. A much elongated large trunk, perhaps owing its form toaccidental crushing, and, if so, referable to P. magnus;Riechelsdorf. Presented by Kenneth Murchison, Esq., 1872. Palaeoniscus macropomus, Agassiz. 1833. Palesoniscus macropomus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 5, 81, 103, pi. ix. figs. 6, Palesoniscus macropomus, li. H. Traquair, Ganoid Fishes Brit. Carb. Form. (Pal. Soc), pi. i. figs. 1-3. Type. Small fish wanting extremity of tail. A species closely re
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . PART II. 2 I 482 ACTIN0PTERYG1I. 43430. A much elongated large trunk, perhaps owing its form toaccidental crushing, and, if so, referable to P. magnus;Riechelsdorf. Presented by Kenneth Murchison, Esq., 1872. Palaeoniscus macropomus, Agassiz. 1833. Palesoniscus macropomus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 5, 81, 103, pi. ix. figs. 6, Palesoniscus macropomus, li. H. Traquair, Ganoid Fishes Brit. Carb. Form. (Pal. Soc), pi. i. figs. 1-3. Type. Small fish wanting extremity of tail. A species closely related to P. freieslebeni, but distinguished,according to the original diagnosis, by the less tapering form of thecaudal region, the relatively larger size of the head, the greaterbreadth of the opercular apparatus, and the comparative straightnessand elongation of the branchiostegal rays. The scales of the flank arealso said to be less vertically elongated than those of the type species—a somewhat doubtful distinction. Form. Sf Loc. Upper Permian: Thuringia. Figr. Palesoniscus macropomus, Agassiz.—Restoration by R. H. Traquair. All the following specimens are preserved in nodules from theKupferschiefer of Ilmenau, near Henneberg, and those forming partoftheEgerton and Enniskillen collections are assigned to this speciesby Agassiz, torn. cit. p. 103 :— P. 1029, P. 3427. Five imperfect individuals about 0-2-0-23 inlength, two being in counterpart. Egerton 8f EnnisJcillen Colls. P. 3427 a, P. 4349. Small trunk, and part of the squamation of alarge individual labelled by Agassiz. Ennislcillen Coll. PAL^ONTSCIDJS. 483 1341 (Sloane Cat.). Crushed remains of a coiled-up individual, incounterpart. Sloane Coll. 1337-39 (Sloane Cat.). Three fragmentary specimens, in counter-part. Sloane Coll. Palseoniscus longissimus, Agassiz. 1835. Palteoniscus longissimus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt, i. p. 100, pi. x. c. fig. Palcsoniscus longissimus, W. King, Permian Foss.
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