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SYNGNATHIBJ':. 



(I. Type of the species, 3| inches long. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



34. Syngnathus tapeinosoma. 



Syngnathus tapeinosoma, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. vi. p. 876. 

 D. 29. Osseous rings 15 + 37-38. 



Operculum crossed by a straight ridge. The length of the snout 

 is one-half of that of the head. " Vorticc rugoso postice liiiea media 

 leviter bicarinato, carinis glabris ; orbitis cristis(iue utroque latere 

 rostro-oculari et postoculari glabris." Body but little deeper than 

 broad. Shields without sj^ines. Tail (without fin) more than twice 

 as long as the trunk (without head). Dorsal fin commencing at 

 some distance behind the vent (on the third caudal ring). (Bllcr.) 



West Java. One example, 99 millims. long. 



35. Syngnathus hminii. 



Syngnathus hunnii, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neeii. viii. Smnutra,\'ni. 

 p. 70. 



Evidently most closely allied to S. sjncifer. 



D. 28. Osseous rings 14-^39 or 40. 



Operculum crossed by a straight ridge. The length of the snout 

 is much more than that of the postorbital part of the head. Snout, 

 occiput, and upper edge of the orbit with a somewhat rough ridge. 

 Body compressed, much deeper than broad, with the ventral ridge 

 very prominent. Shields without spines. The tail (without caudal) 

 is not quite thrice as long as the trunk (without head). Dorsal fin 

 commencing at some distance behind the vent (on the third caudal 

 ring). Abdomen black, with 13 or 14 narrow pearl-coloured cross 

 bars. (Blkr.) 



South Sumatra. One example, 140 millims. long. 



36. Syngnathus spicifer. 



Syngnathus spicifer, Riippe/l, N. JF. Fische, p. 143, pi. 33. fig. 4 ; 



Kanp, Lophobr. p. 34 ; Day, Fish. Mahih. p. -!64. 

 djai'ong, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Trosk. p. 22 ; and Nat. 



Tyds. Ned. Ind. vii. p. 325. 



gastrotfcnia, Bleek. I. c. 1°, and I. c. 2" iii. p. 713. 



nelMchii, Bleek. I. c. 2°, ix. p. 428. 



argyrostictus, Kaiip, Lophobr. p. 33. 



biserialis, Katip, Lophobr. p. 33. 



D. 23-27. Osseous rings 16 + 39-42. 



Operculum crossed by a straight ridge. The length of the snout 

 is equal to the distance of the front margin of the orbit from the 

 root of the pectoral in adult examples, but is considerably less in 

 young. A low sharp ridge runs along the median line of the snout, 

 crown of the head, and neck ; supraoi'bital edge continued into a 

 ridge on the side of the crown of the head. Body compressed, much 



