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Show 1 9 0 4 .] OSTEOLOGY OF CLUPEOID FISHES. 4 4 9 the hinder part of the cranium, seen from above, given by Klein (Jahresh. Yer. vaterl. Naturk. Wurtt. xli. 1885, pi. 3. fig. 82). Material examined.-In addition to a skull (A) specially prepared for the pui-poses of this investigation from an alcohol-preserved specimen kindly furnished by Prof. Howes, two skulls were examined, one (B) belonging to a complete skeleton, marked 89.2.1.2059, in the Osteological Collection of the British Museum, and another (C) bearing no distinctive number. Text-fig. 118. y Cranium of Chirocentrus dorab. A, dorsal view; B, left side; C, back view. For explanation of lettering see p. 493. Cranium (text-fig. 118).-The parietals are separated by the supraoccipital, and there is a small median fontanelle, divided P roc. Z ool. Soc.-1904, V ol. II. No. XXIX. 29 |