15. HIPPOCAMPUS. 205 



n. Hippocampus camelopardalis. 



Hippocampus canielopardalis, liiancom, Nov. Comm. List. Sc. Bonon 

 iap«' P'o-t ' P^- ^- ^"■''^'^ ^'''"''> ■'^''»^<^tsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 



iOuK, p. Z/ b. 



siibcoronatus, Giinth. in Fish. Zanz. p. ]39, pi. 20. fio-. 4. 



Dorsal fin with oiglitoen rays. Tubercles obtuse and blunt, 

 iho supraorbital spme is compressed at the base, simple, pointed 

 pointing outwards. Coronet elevated, subpenta-onal at the top' 

 Snout short equal in length to the gill-cover. Eleven body-riugs.' 

 Three small blackish spots immediately below the dorsal profile on 

 the first, iourth, and seventh body-rings. 



Zanzibar ; Mozambique. 



a. Type of H. suhcoronatus. From Lieut. -Col. Playfair's CoUcction. 

 12, Hippocampus coronatus. 



Schleg^^ Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 274, pi. 120. fig. 8 ; Kaup, Lophohr. 



Ten body-rings only. The coronet is exceedingly high as Ion- 

 as the snout. Process on each side of the base of the dorsal fin 

 much developed, directed outwards and upwards. (Schleg.) 



J fipclll. 



13. Hippocampus laevicaudatus. 



Kavp, Lophohr. p. IG, tab. 2. fio-. 2. 



_ Dorsal as long as the head, and standing on five rin-s Body 



rings eleven. Eyes nearly in the middle, between the end of the 



rS r ^ "P^"''''^- '^'''^ ^^^oyii knobs. Gill-cover silvery 



North America. The single typical specimen is in the Vienna 

 Collection. 



14. Hippocampus bicuspls. 



Kaup, Lophohr. p. 13, tab. 3. fig. 1. 

 The spine that precedes the coronet (occipital) and the one over 

 the nostn forked. Eleven body-rings. Traces of two dark cross 

 bands on the snout. {Kaup.) 



Known from a single very young specimen from Gorea in the 

 raris Museum. 



15. Hippocampus lichtensteinii. 



Kaup, Lophohr. p. 8. 



The coronet is a roundish elevated knob, with short spines in 

 tront and behind ; head, gill-covers, and underpiece(?) of the snout 

 \varty, and there arc some warts on the side of the body The 

 ongth of the snout equals the distance from the anterior margin of 



ho f"w , V "7^" °^' '^J'l^^''^^^^- Dorsal fin short, placed on 

 the two last body-rings. (Aa((/>.) 

 ? Red Sea. The typical example is in the BerHn Museum. 



