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Light brown, nearly uniform. Just before interorbital 3 dark 

 brown transverse bars, 1 across interorbital, and 6 on postocular region 

 of head ; middle of each trunk ring with dark brown transverse bar, 

 also one at each articulation; for extent of dorsal fin only dark trans- 

 verse brown bar at each articulation ; on tail otherwise rings marked 

 like trunk. Iris slate. Fins uniformly brown. 



Tyj^e.—U.S.'NM. no. 93501. D. 5146. Sulade Island (E.), N. IS*' 

 W., 3.4 miles (lat. 5°46'40" N., long. 120°48'50" E.), Sulu Archi- 

 pelago, vicinity of Siasi. In 24 fathoms. February 16, 1908. Length 

 1 10 mm. 



Figure 1' 



H.W.F.del. 



-Dunckerocampus pessuliferus, new species. Type. 





H.W.F.del. 



Figure 14. — Syngnathus micronotopterus, new species. Type. 



Remarks. — Related to Dunckerocampus dactyliphorus (Bleeker), 

 of which I have 4 Philippine examples, ranging from smaller to 

 larger than the species here described. As shown by Weber and 

 Beaufort's figure, the dark bars are alternately present on the various 

 rings. Also the snout is vrith dark transverse bars and the subdorsal 

 rings only 1 + 3 or 4. 



{pessulu7)i, little hsir+f ero, to bear; with reference to coloration.) 



Genus SYNGNATHUS Linnaeus 



SYNGNATHUS MICRONOTOPTERUS, new species 

 FiGUKE 14 



Depth 16% to 17% ; head 7 to Si/s, width 2% to 2%. Snout 21/2 

 to 2% in head; eye 4% to 5%, 1% in snout, greatly exceeds inter- 

 orbital ; interorbital 2 in eye ; opercular keel about over first or basal 

 half, radiating striae very fine minute, close set. 



Rings 15 to 16 + 28 to 30; rings transversely striated. Upper trunk 

 keel reaches first or second caudal ring, discontinuous with upper 

 caudal keel, whicli begins on upper part of last trunk ring; median 

 lateral trunk keel deflected posteriorly and continuous with lower 

 caudal keel; lower trunk keel subcontinuous or discontinuous with 

 lower caudal keel. Brood pouch on 11 caudal keels. 



