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5-7 tail rings, usually ^ plus 6 ; brood pouch under tail and covering first 

 10-15 rings; head in standard length 9.0-10.5; dorsal in head .75-1.05; 

 snout in head 2.5-3.6; longest specimen 60 mm. 



End of snout turned sharply upward; crest on snout usually well 

 defined with minute crenulations ; ocular ridge extended caudally; occip- 

 ital-nuchal crest interrupted at center, but readily apparent; in some 

 specimens these crests with several papillar-like cirri; occasionally other 

 cirri present supra and postorbitally as well as upon tnmk and tail 

 rings, but with no definite arrangement. Keel extending for length of 

 opercle, but only well defined on anterior half. Cover plate of pectoral 

 fin with two distinct longitudinal ridges, but may not be apparent unless 

 dissecting needle is passed over plate. Body cristae (keels) sharply de- 

 fined, often crenulated ; plates roughened ; young individuals with more 

 pronounced indentation of cristae between rings than older individuals. 

 Superior trunk cristae ending approximately at posterior end of dorsal 

 fin ; inferior trunk and tail cristae continuous ; median trunk cristae 

 ending at anus; median cristae of tail beginning slightly dorsocaudally 

 of median trunk cristae and continuing caudally to become confluent with 

 superior tail cristae just caudal of dorsal fin. 



Smallest sexually mature male with eggs in pouch, 45 mm. ; eggs 

 J^ to ^ mm. in diameter, one row deep and 2 rows wide in pouch ; addi- 

 tional eggs occasionally wedged in center; in filled pouch, dermal cover- 

 ing does not completely enclose eggs, exposed area remaining through 

 center for length of pouch; maximum number eggs in 6 incubating 

 males, 48. 



Color and Habitat. — Holotype, brownish white with dull white bars 

 around tail every 3 or 4 rings; base of each dorsal and pectoral fin ray 

 with conspicuous black spot. Clarion Island specimens ringed with nar- 

 row brown stripes. James Island specimens light red with occasional 

 dorsal silver crossbars; silvery spots present dorso- and ventrolaterally 

 between rings. Holotype, 3 paratypes collected with 2 specimens of S. 

 coccineus by dredging in red algae at Cartago Bay, Albemarle Island, 

 Galapagos ; all were said to be carmine red at time of preservation and to 

 agree very closely with color of algae in which they were collected. 



Comparisons and Discussion. — From the Pacific species of pipefishes 

 which lack an anal fin, Pseudophallus starksi and Syngnathus elcapitan- 

 ensis, Bryx veleronis may be differentiated by the fewer rays in the dorsal 

 fin and the smaller size. From all other Pacific American species it may 

 be segregated by the absence of the anal fin. To the unaided eye B. 



