Jordan and Evcrmann.— Fishes of North America. 2837 



dermal plates anteriorly counting from pectoral fin, none posteriorly; cau- 

 dal peduncle short, naked, not keeled; innominate bone lanceolate, its 

 width about 3 times in length; ventral spines rather long, about 1^ times 

 in head, serrated above and below, a strong cusp at base on both upper 

 and lower ed-'c. Color in life, grass green, mottled and finely punctated 

 with black on top of head and back; sides of head and body golden, with 

 dark blotches; breast silvery, ventrals scarlet. In alcohol the back be- 

 comes smoky black, the mottling and black dots more distinct, the golden 

 hue of the sides fades, becoming more or less silvery, the dark blotches 

 more prououuced. Coast of Maine and Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 

 {glaamnc^dm, little sword; sticklebacks being called by the boys about 

 Portland, Maine, "Little swordtish.") 



Ga.ter.sieu. yladiuuculu., Kendall, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1895, 62:!, off Seguin Island, 

 Maine. (Type, No. 47589. Coll. Gramims.) 



Page 754. Anlostomua macidatus is pinkish-red in life. 



Page 757 Fistularia Udmcaria has been recorded by 8torer from Holmes 

 Hole, Massachusetts, and H. M. Smith records it from Buzzards Bay, near 

 Quisset, and from about ^yoods Hole. 



Page 762. In the key to species of Siphostoma read: 

 eee. Dorsal covering 4 or 5 caudal (uot body) rings. 

 0. Kini^s 16 to 18 + 29 to 33. 



q. Rings 16 + 30 to 33 ; dorsal 30 to 34, on 3 + 5 rings. 



Page 767. It is doubtful if Siphostoma pelagicum occurs in America. 

 S. rousseaui has probably been sometimes mistaken for it. 

 Page 768. After Siphostoma joinsi add: 



1124(a). SIPHOSTOMA KOBEUTSI, Jordan & Rutter. 



Head 7i in length ; depth 2* in head ; eye 5i in head. Dorsal 20, on + 4 

 rin-s; segments 17 + 32. Snout 2^ in head, with a slight keel; a slight 

 keel on tl^p of head, another above opercle, and 1 on anterior side of 

 opercle, but not reaching posterior edge; shields without spines; lateral 

 keel ending on last body segment; ventral keel on next to last; upper 

 body keel extending nearly to end of dorsal tin, upper caudal begmmng be- 

 low it on lirst caudal segment ; all ridges of body very prominent the tail 

 with 4 plain ridges; caudal pouch 3 in total length. Color motted brown 

 paler below, the membrane connecting the segments pale bluish, foi-muig 

 Lss stripes which are especially marked on the egg pouch ; V^^^^^^^ 

 cross bars on lower side of head; dorsal colorless, except that the base is 

 Hnely dusted with brown ; caudal thickly dusted with brown, excep near 

 base This species is most closely related to Siphosiomajoue.i, ditter- 

 in^ n having a shorter dorsal with more rays, and in the lateral keel 

 ending distinct from lower caudal keel. Jamaica; 1 specimen 4^ niches 

 long,lnown. (Named for Kev. Joseph Seed Roberts, who collected the 

 type.) 



Sipkostoma rol>ert.i, Joud.. S. R.tte., ProC. Ac. Kat Sci. Phila. 1897. 97, Kingston, 

 Jamaica. (Type, No. 4988, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mu8. ) 



