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*Siphostoma exilis Osburn and Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 35, 1916, p. 153, fig. 7. 

 San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions, where the subspecies inter- 

 grades with the griseo-Uneatus-leptorhynchiis complex, south to Ballenas 

 Bay, Lower California; in kelp beds, very rarely coming into bays; 128 

 specimens examined. 



10b. Syngnathus calif orniensis griseo-lineatus Ayres 



Syngnathus griseo-lineatus Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. 1, 



1854, p. 14. 

 Syngnathus abboti Girard, Pac. R.R. Survey, vol. 10, 1858, p. 346. 

 *Syngnathus arundinaceus Girard, Ibid. 



Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California, north to Sitka, Alaska; 

 in eel-grass of bays and sloughs ; 784 specimens examined. 



10c. Syngnathus calif orniensis leptorhynchus Girard 



Syngnathus brevirostris Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 7, 



1854, p. 156; name preoccupied. 

 Syngnathus leptorhynchus Girard, Ibid. 

 Syngnathus dimidiatus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 14, 1862, 



p. 284. 

 Siphostoma barbarae Swain, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus,, vol. 7, 1884, p. 238. 

 Morro Bay, California, south to Punta Banda Estero near Ensenada, 

 Lower California; in eel-grass beds of shallow bays and lagoons; 1003 

 specimens examined. 



11. Syngnathus coccineus Herald 



Known from Puerto Jiminez and Puerto Culebra, Costa Rica; and 

 Albemarle Island, Galapagos, Ecuador; 7 specimens examined. 



12. Syngnathus elcapitanensis Meek and Hildebrand 



Syngnathus elcapitanense Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 



Zool., vol. 10, 1914, p. 118. 

 Siphostoma auliscus (nee Swain) Gilbert and Starks, Mem. Calif. Acad. 



Sci., vol. 4, 1904, p. 57. 

 All valid records from Panama; mostly fresh water; 5 specimens 

 examined. 



