(sarikthis)

[NL., Saurichthys (sâ-rik'this), a lizard, + ἰχθύς, a fish.] the family Saurichthyidæ. aurid ride aurichthyidæ. Aga iz. (sa'ri-dē), n. pl. Saizard. In Günther's cla ific a tion, a family of lepid osteoid ganoid fishes. It is characterized by an oblong body covered with ganoid scales, vertebræ incompletely o ified, termination of the vertebral column homocercal, fins with fulcra, maxillary composed of a single piece, jaws with a single series of conical pointed teeth, and branch ios teg als numerous, enameled, the anterior ones developed as broad angular plates. The species are extinct, but formed a consider able contingent of the fishes of the Mesozoic formations from the Lia ic and Jura ic beds. The genus having the widest range is Semionotus, of both the Lia ic and Jura ic epochs; other genera are Lophiostomus, Pachycor mus, and Ptycholepis. Also called Pachycormida. pi. Nes Gr. σαῦρος, Sauridæ (sa'ri-dē), n. pl. [NL.,