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dusky shade of the basal part of the fin. According to Bean (1889) 

 the dorsal, in life, is margined \\dth yellow in the female and orange 



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FiGUiiE C2. — Hippocampus hudwnius hudsonius, drawn from a malo 130 mm long from Ilorn Island, Miss.; 

 Field Mus. Nat. Hist. no. 1C191. Length of specimen as drawn, 72 mm. Color pattern nearly typical ol 

 specimens of that size but more sharply marked than usual. Tubercles somewhat better developed 

 than in most males of that size. 



in the male. (See tables 1 and 3 for counts and measurements and 

 table 4 for averages.) 



