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Stigmatophora, Kaup. 



S. argus, Ricliardson, T.Z.S. III., p. 183, 1849. 



Giinther.Cat. VIII, p. 189 ; Macleay Cat. 965. 



Figured, T.Z.S. III., pi. 7. 



Loc. — Sandridge (specimens in Melbourne Museum). 



aS^. nigra, Kaup, Lophobr, p. 53. 



Gunther Cat. VIII, p. 190; Macleay Cat. 966. 

 Loc. — Sandridge (specimens in Melbourne Museum). 



Group Hippocampina. 

 (Gastrotokeus, Kaup.) 



G. gracilis, Kliinzinger, Archiv. f. Naturg., p. 44, 1872. 

 Loc. — Port Phillip, Kliinzinger, I.e. 



(SOLENOGNATHUS, Kaup.) 



S. spinosissimus, Giintlier Cat. VIII, p. 195, 1870. 

 Giinther Cat. VIII, p. 195 ; Macleay Cat. 973. 

 Loc. — Port Phillip, Kliinzinger, I.e. 



Phyllopteryx, Kaup. 



P.foliatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. V, p. 456, 1803. 



Gunther Cat. VIII, p. 196 ; Macleay Cat. 974. 



Figured, M'Coy, Prodr. Zool, pi. 65. 



Loc. — Passim. 



Vernacular name — Sea-dragon. 



Hippocampus, Leach. 



H. abdominalis, Kaup, Lophobr., p. 17. 



Giinther Cat. VIII, p. 199 ; Macleay Cat. 978. 



Loc. — Port Phillip, Kliinzinger. J. Bracebridge Wilson 



dredged it outside the Heads, 1888. 

 Vernacular name — Sea-horse. 



H. breviceps, Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss., Berlin, p. 710, 

 1869. 

 Gunther Cat. VIII, p. 200 ; Macleay Cat. 980. 

 Figured, M'Coy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., pi. 65. 

 Loc. — Passim. 

 Vernacular name — Short-headed Sea-horse. 



H. novce-hollandice, Steind., Sitzungsb. Ak. Wiss., Wien, 

 p. 474, 1866. 

 Giinther Cat. VIII, p. 201 ; Macleay Cat. 982. 

 Loc. — Port Phillip, Macleay. 

 Vernacular name — Sea-horse. 



{H. tristis, Castelnau, P.Z.S. Vict. I, p. 197, 1872.) 

 Macleay Cat. 983. 

 Loc. — One specimen from Port Phillip, Castelnau, I.e. 



