AKT. 6 FISHES OF PINCHOT EXPEDITION FOWLER, 7 



CYPSELURUS CALLOPTERUS (Gunther) 



One, about 270 mm., from 90 miles south of Panama, July 17. 

 D. I, 11, i; A. I, 6, I, both fins uniformlj^ pale. Pectoral dark gray, 

 thickly marked with round black spots, none larger than pupil. 

 Ventral pale or whitish, grayish on outer half terminally, this area 

 also with about four rows of black spots. 



Family SYNGNATHIDAE 



mPPOCAMPUS STYLIFER Jordan and Gilbert 



One, 48 mm., from Key West, Fla. Rings with quite numerous 

 and elongate points or spines. 



COELONOTUS PLATYRHYNCHUS (Dumeril) 



FlGXTRE 2 



Desc7^iptio7i.— Depth 231/2 to 241^ ; head 8 to 9. width 31/2 to 33/5. 

 Snout 21/5 to 214 in head from snout tip, width 1% to 1% its length; 

 eye 5 to 5% in head from snout tip, 2l^ to 21/^ in snout, little greater 

 than interorbital ; mouth with very short cleft, broad, superior ter- 

 minally; interorbital 5% to 6 in head from snout tip, nearly level. 

 Gill opening small. 



Figure 2.—Coelonotus platyrhynchus (Dumeril) 



Rings 17 or 18 + 35 to 37. Upper keel of trunk and tail continu- 

 ous and joined with auxiliary short keel starting on last trunk ring 

 superiorly and finally approximating opposite base of last dorsal 

 ray; median lateral trunk keel slopes down on last 3 trunk rings or 

 opposite front of dorsal and continues on tail as lower caudal keel; 

 lower trunk keel approximates slightly with its fellow at vent to 

 buttress abdominal brood organ, which is well marked in male. 



D. 40 to 45, extends on 4 trunk rings and 7 caudal rings, higher 

 than body depth below or fin height 2% in head; caudal fanlike, 

 1% ; pectoral 3 to 4, rays 15 or 16; anal very small, about half of eye. 



Pale brown, below to uniform whitish. Iris gray, evidently sil- 

 very in life. At junction of each trunk ring above and below median 

 lateral keel a small black ocellus, thus forming 2 lateral rows. 

 Caudal brownish, other fins transparent. Black spots variable as 

 in one example several before and behind pectoral base. 



