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carinated. Tail oiie-fifth longer than the rest of the body. Lateral 
line and upper caudal edge not continuous. Head 7. D. 33-37. 
Kings 18 + 33-20 + 38. L. 12 inches. Virginia to Texas; described 
from specimens from Ileaufort, X. C. 
{Siinrjnathns Iouisia7uc Giiiitlier, viii, 160: Siphonostoma louisiana; Jordan, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mils. IrtSO, '22.) 
hh. Pacific coast species. 
616. S. califovjliCJisc (Storer*) Gill . — Big Pipe-fish. 
Olivaceous, varying to brownish red, yellowish below; head and body 
variously marbled and speckled with whitish, the markings posteriorly 
taking the form of short horizontal grayish streaks, anteriorly often 
forming narrow bars; usually a brownish lateral band. Top of head 
not carinated. Snout very long, from l.J to 2 times the length of the 
rest of the head, its length proportionately greater in the adult, and 
usually greatest in males. Dorsal shorter than head. Lateral line not 
continuous with upper edge of tail. Belly not carinated. Opercle with- 
out ridge. Dorsal rays 42 (varying from 38 to 44). Kings 20 + 4G 
(those behind the vent varjMng from 40 to 48 in number; 40 to 43 in 
\{iv. griseolineatum ; 4G to 48 in var. calrforniensc). L. 14 to 18 inches, 
much more than in our other species. Pacilic coast of United States, 
everywhere common, especially northward. 
(Sgngnalhus caViforniensis Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, ii, 73, 184."): Bgngnathus 
cal if orniensis GiW, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18()*2, 283: Si/ngnathns griseolineatus Ayves, 
Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1854, 14: Sgtujnathus griscolineatus Giiutlier, vii', 160: Sgiigna- 
tliHS abhotti Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fisli. 316: Sgngnatlins calif orniensis Girard, 
U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 341.) 
619’. S. EcptorliyaicSiMSt (Girard) J. & G. 
Yellowish brown or blackish, spotted or vermiculated. Ilead raised 
above, but usually not carinated. Snout li-l^ times the length of the 
rest of the head. D. 30-35. Kings 17+37-43. L. 10 inches. Other- 
Another form or species, occurring at Monterey and Santa Barbara, agrees with 
the preceding in size, color, plates, fin-rays, &c., but ditfers in having the snout short 
not longer than the rest of the head. Tlio eyes are rather smaller than in S. califor- 
niense, and the keels are perhaps less sharp. 
t Another common form, which is probabl 5 ’^ a variation of this species, is — 
S. dimidiatnm Gill. 
Similar to S. leptorhgnchns, hut with the snout very short, scarcely as long as the 
rest of the head. Head slightly crested above. D. 30; rings 15 + 33. L. 8 inches. 
Coast of California, chielly south of Point Concepcion. 
{Sgngnatlins brecirostris Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 156 (name preoc- 
cupied): Sgngnatlins diniidiatns Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 284: Sgngnathus 
dimidiatns Gunther, viii, 65.) 
