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Doryrhamphinarum brachyurum (Bleeker) 



Rings 21 or 22+22 to 25; D. 38 to 43, on 1 or 2+7 or 8 rings. 

 Eleven from Tahiti. 



Corythoichthys fasciatrus (Gray) 



C. elerae Evermann and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisher., 26, 1906 (1907), p. 

 67, fig. 2. 



No. 33,252, A. N. S. P. , paratype of C. elerae Evermann and Seale. 



Corythoichthys conspicillatus (Jenyns) 



Rings 16+40; D. 31 to 33, on 6 rings. Twelve from Tahiti. 

 Corythoichthys albirostris Kaup. 



Rings 16+32; D. 28, on 4+5 rings. Marco, Lee County, Florida. 

 Micrognathus jonesi (Giinther) 



Rings 15 or 16 +37 or 38; D. 25, on 1 +3 or 4 rings. Three from 

 Anclote Bay and tliree from Point Pinellos, west coast of Florida, 

 both obtained by Prof. Angelo Heilprin in 1886. This species has 

 not previously been recorded from the coast of the United States. 

 These examples show fewer body rings and more caudal rings than 

 the Porto Rican material reported by Evermann and Marsh. 



Compared with Syngnathus elucens the present species differs 

 in the median lateral ridge continuous with the lower caudal ridge, 

 and the lower lateral trunk ridges end abruptly close before begin- 

 ning of the lower lateral caudal ridge. 



Syngnathus spicifer Rlippell. 



PhiHppines. Rings 16+40; D. 26, on 7 body rings. This example 

 agrees in most every respect with Riippell's figure and description. 

 It has upper right body and caudal keels continuous, though a httle 

 deflected below the dorsal base. Along this latter area an auxiliary 

 short superior parallel keel. As the color has faded the usual dark 

 abdominal cross-bands are not evident. 



Syngnathus mattemi (Fowler) 



Corythroichthys maUerni Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1918, p. 11, fig. 

 5. Philippines. 



Type, No. 47,484, A. N. S. P., of C. mattemi Fowler. In the 



original account the misleading statement "this species diiffers 



from the preceding chiefly in its greatly elongated tail and shorter 



snout," refers to the specimen of S. spicijer, its reference having 



been deleted from my paper. Abdomen pale brownish, but with 



indistinct cross-bars. 



