BY "W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 291 



light colour, speckled with brown. Length four and a half 

 inches. 



South Australia. 



953. Syngnathus brevicaudis, Casteln. 



Researches Fishes of Australia, p. 48. 



D. 25. Osseous rings 20 + 28. 



Operculum without ridge ; base of dorsal fin elevated. Snout 

 straight, its length more by half than the rest of the head ; the 

 interorbital space broad and concave, with several small ridges, 

 the operculum with small radiating ridges ; body rather deeper 

 than broad ; shields without spines ; tail once and a half as long 

 as the body without the head. Vent nearly below the middle of 

 the dorsal fin ; the ventral ridge of the body meets the lower 

 caudal ridge at the vent ; the tail continues very thick to its 

 extremity, which is abruptly rounded and furnished with a very 

 small caudal fin. The pectoral fins are large, of sixteen rays ; 

 the dorsal fin extends over seven shields. Dark brown, (dried) 

 variegated with white ; snout white. 



Swan River. Length six inches. 



954. Syngnathus Tigris, Casteln. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. III., p. 39. 

 Port Jackson. 



955. Syngnathus intestinalis, Earns. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. V., p. 494. 



Genus Ichthyocampus, Kaup. 



The dorsal edges of the trunk and tail are continuous, but 

 sometimes very indistinct. Pectoral and caudal fins present. 

 Dorsal fin opposite or near to the vent. Males with an egg- 

 pouch on the tail, the eggs being covered by cutaneous folds, 



Indian and Australian Seas. 



