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Head 7 to 7| iu total leiigtli ; D. 32 to 37 ; rings 20 to 21+30 to 38. 



Trunk broader below. Suoiit moderate, about If in head ; median 

 ridge above aud below, a ridge on each side of median ridge above and 

 below. Occiput, nuchal plates, and opercle somewhat keeled. Belly 

 flat or slightly concave, with a median ridge. Dorsal fin well developed, 

 shorter tban head, covering 3+5 rings. Caudal longer than pectoral, 

 2^ in base of dorsal. Tail longer than trunk, li^ in total len gth. 



Color iu spirits brownish, lighter on lower part of trunk and below ; 

 brown of the side extends in a band through eye to middl e of snout. 

 Her.e described from specimens from Beaufort, X. C. 



HaMtat — Atlantic coast of the United States 

 vannah, Ga.; Xew Orleans, La. 



11. Siphostoma fuscum (Storer) J. »fe G. 



" Synf/ualhus typhle Mitch. Traus. Lit. & Phil, i, 475, 1815." (Not of L.) 

 SyiKjnathus fmcus Storer, Report Fish. Mass. 162, 1839; De Kay, New York 



Fauna, 321, 1842 (coast of Mass.). 

 Siplwnostoma fuscum J. & G. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1680, 22 (Wood's Holl, 



Mass.). 

 Siphostoma fuscum J. & G. Synopsis Fishes North America, 383, 1882 (Atlan- 

 tic coast, northward). 

 Sijngiiathus jyecliiauus Storer, Report Fishes Mass. 163, 1839 ; De Kay, New York 

 Futiua, 321, 1842 (coast of Mass.); Storer, Synopsis Fishes North America, 

 490, 1846 (Mass. Conn. New York) ; Gill, Can. Nat. Aug. 1865, 21 (Bay of 

 Fimdy); Glinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 157, 1870 (Atlantic coast U. S.); 

 Uhler & Lugger, Report Fishes Maryland, 76, 1876 (St. Mary's River). 

 Syiujnathus fasciatus De Kay, New York Fauna, 319,. 1842, pi. 54, fig. 176 (New 



York). 

 Syngnathus vhidesc(nsDe Kay, New York Fauna, 321, 1842, pi. 54, fig. 176 (New 



York) ; Dum^ril, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, 570 (Cape Cod). 

 Syngnatlius dekayi Duraeril, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, 569, 1870, ("after 5. /«scirt/«,s 



Dek.). 

 Syugnathus milheriiauns Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, 570, New York, 

 Head 7J to 9 in total length ; D. 36 to 40 ; rings 18 to 20 + 3G to 40. 

 Snout short, about 2 in head ; median line above aud below well keeled, 

 the ridge on each side of median ridges rather conspicuous. Occiput 

 nuchal plates, and opercle carinate, belly somewhat convex, scarcely 

 keeled. Dorsal longer than head, covering 4-5+5-4 rings, its height 

 5-0 in length of its base. Tail much longer than trunk, If in total 

 length. 



