774 Bulletin 4J, United States National Museum. 



from snout to axil. Cape San Lncas ((4ill.) The types are lost and no 

 specimens have been since recorded. 



Dorijrhamplnis caUforrtieu.''is, Gii.i,, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1S()2, 2S.\. Cape San Lucas. (Coll. 



Xantus.) 

 Doryichllii/s californiensis, GCntiiku, ('at., viii, ISfi, 1870. 



346. SYNGNATHUS, Linnir-ns. 



Syugnalhua, Artebi, Genera, 17.38, (ophidian, actis, lijplile, etc.). 



Sijngnalhn.i, LiNN.nus, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 1758, 33C, (typlilc, ociw, ophiJioii, .-iquoreus, etc.). 



Syngnathuf, Eafinesque, Canitteri, 18, 1810, (restricted to iiiiuorens). 



Kerophis, Kafine.sque, Indice Ittiol. Sicil., 57, 1810, (ophidioii). 



^cHS (Willughby) Swainson, Nat. Hist. Auim., 11, 33.'!, 1839, {niquoreus). 



Scyphius, Risso, Europe Merid., iii, 185, 182G, {fascialus). 



Nemalostomn, Bichwald, 1839, fide Kaup. 



Small pipefishes with the body smooth, ronnded, the ridges indistinct. 

 No pectoral fin ; caudal rudimentary or wanting, the tail tapering to a 

 point. Dorsal moderate, opposite the vent. Eggs attached to the loose 

 skin of the abdomen of the male, and not covered by lateral folds. 

 Species few, mostly of the Atlantic, (arv, together; yva&og, yd,v,'.) 

 Synonatiu-s : 



a. Caudal fiu rudimentary, witli 5 rays. Kiag.s 28 to 30+ GO to 70; dorsal 38 to 44. 



iEQUOUlUS, 1138. 



Subgenus SYNGNATHUS. 



1138. SYNGNATHUS .EQUOBEIIS, Linna?us. 



(Ocean Pipefisu.) 



Rings 28 to 30 + 68 to 70 ; dorsal 38 to 44. Caudal fin rudimentary, 

 very indistinct. Vent opposite the posterior third of the dorsal fin, 

 before the middle of total length. Snout about 2 in head. Head 3f to 

 4^ in distance to vent. All the shields smooth. (Giinther.) Northern 

 and western coasts of Europe; also in the open Atlantic and recorded 

 from the Gulf of Mexico. If Si/ngnathu!i heckcli and S. martiniccuais are 

 the same, it is probably not rare in the Caribbean Sea. {(vqiioreus, belonging 

 to the sea.) (Eu.) 



Syngnathus lequoreiis, Linn^us, Systema Natura?, Ed. x, 417, 1758, open Sea ; GCntiier, Cat., viii, 



191, 1870. 

 Syngnallnissibbaldi,'WAi,BMm, Artedi, 6, 1792, Scotland; alter Sibhald. 

 Nei-ophisviaculata, Rafixesque, ludice Ittiol. Sic, 57, ISIO, Palermo. 

 Nerophm angnineus, Kaup, Lopliobr., G5, 185G, Brownsey; Dorsetshire; Berwick. 

 Nero-phis heckeli^'KKVv, Lopbobr., 6G, 185G, Bogota. 

 Nerophis^ mariinicensis (Bibron) Kaxip, I.e., G7, Martinque. 



* Syngnathus heckeli (Kaup) : 



Rings 28 + 67. Dorsal 38 or 39, on 3 + 7 rings. Caudal fin rudimontary, with 5 rays. Tail 

 a little longer than body. Anterior margin of orbit occupies the middle ot length of bead. 

 Length of head f of its distance from vent. Bogota. (Kaup.) 



■fSyngnnlhus mariinicensis (Biuiki.v) : 



Rings 28 + G4. D. 42. Snout as long as rest of head. Hesembles S. asijuoreiis, but is blackish, 

 with a longer tail. Martinique. (Kaup.) 



