770 Bulletin 4j, United States National Museum. 



Siphostoma fusmm, var., Eveumann & Kendall, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xii, 1892 (1894), 109. 

 Sipliosloma scorelli, Evermann & Kendall, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1895, 109, Shamrock 

 Point, Corpus Christi, Texas. (Type, No. 47300. Coll. Evermann, Scovell, and 



Gurley.) 

 Siphostoma affinr, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 38.3, 1883, part; Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



1882 (1883), 313. 



1128. SIPHOSTOMA BAIRDIANUM (Dumeril). 



Rings 17 + 31. Dorsal 30, on 3 + 6 rings. Head nearly 7 in total 

 length ; snout more thau i longer than postocular part of head. Median 

 crest feebly marked; opercular crest very shoi't. Yellowish, all the rings 

 with a brown streak. (Dum6ril.) Coast of Mexico, near California; 

 known from Dum^ril's description, which has been verified for us on the 

 original type. (Named for Spencer Fullerton Eaird.) 



SyngnalJim hairdianns, DUMliRiL, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 574, 1870, Coast of Mexico, near 

 California. 



1129. SIPHOSTOMA LOUISIANA (Giinther). 



Head 7 to 7f in total length. D. 32 to 37; rings 20 to 21 + 36 to 38. 

 Trunk broader below. Snout moderate, about 1* in head ; median ridge 

 above and 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 than head, covering 3 + 5 rings. Caudal longer than j^ectoral, 

 2i in base of dorsal. Tail longer than trunk, 1} in total length. Color 

 brownish, lighter on lower part of trunk and below ; sides with a dis- 

 tinct band of brown ; brown of the side extending through eye to middle 

 of snout. Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, North Carolina 

 to Texas, soutli to Key West ; common and variable. 



Syngnalhns pclagicus, var., LiNNiEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. xii, 416, 1766; Charleston, South 



Carolina. 

 SyngnaOms louisianse, Gunther, Cat., viii, 160, 1870, New Orleans; Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 1882, 313; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 383, 1883. 



1130. SIPHOSTOMA PUSCUM (Storer). 

 (Common Pipefish.) 



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

 Snout short, about 2 in head ; median line above and 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— i rings, its height 

 5-6 in length of its base; tail much longer than trunk, 1| in total length. 

 Color in spirits olivaceous or brownish; lighter below, especially on 

 belly, lower half of opercles, and snout; sides mottled and blotched 

 much as in other species. Atlantic Coast of the United States, Cape Ann 

 to Virginia; very common northward, where it is the only species of 

 pipefish, (fuscus, dusky.) 



Syngiiathns peckii, Storer, Report Fishes Mass., 3, 1830, (name only). 

 Sy)igna(lui.H fusciis, Storer, Report Fish. Mass., 162, 1839, Nahant. 



