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980. Hippocampus breviceps, Peters. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes, VIII., p. 200. 



Dorsal fin 19-21, standing on five rings, two of which belong 

 to the tail. Some of the tubercles are prominent but obtuse. 

 Snout very short, scarcely as long as the operculum. Supra-orbital 

 process well developed, subvertical, triangular. Coronet as high 

 as the orbit, with ridges, but without spines at the top. Eleven 

 body-rings. Hind part of the trunk considerably dilated. Head 

 and body with numerous very small white dark-edged ocelli • 

 operculum with brown dots besides ; tail with narrow irregular 

 yellowish rings. 



Tasmania, South Australia, Port Phillip. 



981. Hippocampus Augustus, Gunth. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes, VIII., p. 200. 



Dorsal fin 19-20, standing on two body and two tail-rings. 

 Eleven body-rings. Body but little dilated in males, in which 

 its greatest depth is about half the length of the head ; females 

 still narrower. Tubercles prominent, acute, without tentacles. 

 Supra-orbital spine erect, simple, ^pointed ; lower breast spines 

 double on each side. Coronet rather low, connected by a narrow, 

 concave, bony bridge with the occipital knob. The length of 

 the snout equals the distance between the anterior margin of 

 orbit and the gill-opening. Snout, head, body, and dorsal fin 

 finely reticulated with brown ; some specimens covered with 

 minute white dots besides. 



Freycinet's Harbour. (Herald.) 



982. Hippocampus nov;e-Hollai\ t dle, Steind. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes, VIII., p. 201. 



Dorsal fin 17. Body rings 11. Tubercles prominent, acute, 

 without tentacles. Supra-orbital spine simple, slender. Coronet 

 elevated, that part of it which connects with the occipital knob, 



