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carinated. Tail one-fifth longer than the rest of the body. Lateral 



line and upper caudal edge not continuous. Head 7. D. 33-37. 



Eings 18 + 33-20 + 38. L. 12 inclj^es. Virginia to Texas; described 



from specimens from Beaufort, N. C. 



{Syngnathus louisiance Giinther, viii, 160: Siphonostoma louisiance Jordan, Proc, U. S. 

 Nat. Mu9. 1H80, 22.) 



bb. Pacific coast species. 



616. S. califoraiiense (Storer*) Gill.— Big Pipe-fisli. 



Olivaceous, varying to brownish red, yellowish below; head and body 

 variously marbled and speckled with whitish, the markings posteriorly 

 taking the form of short horizontal grayish streaks, anteriorly often 

 forming narrow bars; usually a brownish lateral band. Top of head 

 not carinated. Snout very long, from 1^ to 2 times the length of the 

 rest of the head, its length proportionately greater in the adult, and 

 usually greatest in males. Dorsal shorter than head. Lateral line not 

 continuous with upper edge of tail. Belly not carinated. Opercle with- 

 out ridge. Dorsal rays 42 (varying from 38 to 44). Eings 20 + 46 

 (those behind the vent varying from 40 to 48 in number; 40 to 43 in 

 var. griseolineatum ; 46 to 48 in var. calif or niense). L. 14 to 18 inches, 

 much more than in our other species. Pacific coast of United States, 

 everywhere common, especially northward. 



{Syngnalhus californiensis Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, ii, 73, 1845 : Syngnathus 

 californiensls Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18(12, 283: Sijugnathus griseolineatus Ayras, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1854, 14: Si/ngnathus griscoUneatus Giiuther, vii-, 160: Si/ngna- 

 thus abbotti Girard, U. S. Pac. E. R. Surv. Fish. 316: Syngnathus californiensis Girard, 

 U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 344. ) 



617. S. leptorliyaiclmst (Girard) J. & G. 



Yellowish brown or blackish, spotted or vermiculated. Head raised 

 above, but usually not carinated. Snout l^-lf times the length of the 

 rest of the head. D. 30-35. Eings 17+37-43. L. 10 inches. Other- 



* Another form or species, occurring at Monterey and Santa Barbara, agrees with 

 the preceding in size, color, plates, fin-rays, &c., but differs in having the snout short 

 not longer than the rest of the head. The eyes are rather smaller than in S. califor- 

 niense, aud the keels are perhaps less sharp. 



t Another common form, which is probablj^ a variation of this species, is — 

 S. dimidiatiim Gill. 



Similar to S. Icptorhynchus, but with the snout very short, scarcely as long as the 

 rest of the head. Head slightly crested above. D. 30 ; rings 15 + 38. L. 8 inches. 

 Coast of California, chieLly south of Point Concepcion. 



{Syngnalhus brecirostris Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 156 (name preoc- 

 cupied): Syngnathiis dimidiatua Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 284: Syngnathus 

 dimidiatus Giinther, viii, 65. ) 



