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4. Siphostoma gi iseolineatum (Avres) J. & G. 



Si/u(inathu>< (irhivlhicatus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14, 1834 (Sau Frau- 

 cisco Bay); Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1893, 284 (San Francisco, 

 Tomales Bay, Fort Umpqna); Giiuther, Cat. Fish, riii, 160, 1870 (Vancou- 

 ver's Island, California). 

 Siphostoma (jrlseolineatmn J. & G. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 69, 18S1 (Sau Francisco 



to Puget Sound) : J. & G. Syn. Fish. South America, 384, 1882). 

 Syi>(inaihus ahhoii Girard, U. S. Pac. E. E. Surv. Fish. 34G, 1858 (San Francisco). 



Dumeril 1. c. 567. 

 SyiioiHithiis caHfor)iiciisis Girard, U. S. Pac. E. E. Surv. Fish. 344, 1858 (Tomales 

 Bay, San Francisco, Monterey). (Not of Storer.) 

 D. 36 to 41; rings 18 to 19+39 to 42. 



S. (jriseoJineatum is closely allied to c(diforniense, but it differs in a 

 somewhat shorter .snout, in the number of D. rays, in the number of 

 rings, in its size, in the snout being slightly more keeled, and in the 

 dorsal covering 0-1+9 rings. 



Suout in T „„„+! 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Rahifat. — Pacific coast of the United States; Puget Sound, Fort 

 Umpqua, Tomales, San Francisco, Monterey. 



5. Siphostoma auliscus sp. no v. 



Sijyhostoma dimidiatum J. & G. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 453, 1880 (Santa Barbara., 

 San Diego) {not Syngnathiis dimidiatus GUI); J. & G. Synopsis Fishes 

 North America (coast of California, chiefly south of Point Concepciou); 

 Eosa Smirh, Sau Diego Free Press, Nov. 5, 1880. 



Head 9-9^ in total length : D. 29-30; rings 15+37-38. 



Trunk rather slender. Snout 2 in head, median ridge above distinct, 

 below comparatively broad and blunt. Occiput and nuchal i^lates 

 sharply carinated ; belly weakly keeled. Opercle slightly keeled, very 

 convex, making the head slightly broader than deep. Dorsal little 

 longer than head, covering 1+7 rings. Pectorals scarcely higher than 

 long, slightly exceeding diameter of eye. Tail longer than rest of body, 

 If in total length. Caudal pouch covering 21 rings. Color in spirits 

 somewhat lighter than *S'. californiense, scarcely mottled or marbled. 



Habitat. 

 bara. 



-Pacific coast of the United States: San Diego, Santa Bar- 



