ADDENDA — 58. SYNGNATHID^ SIPHOSTOMA. ^05 



Page 384. After Siphostoma louisiance add : 



615 (5). S. floriflse J. & G. 



Dark green, with paler streaks; tail faintly barred. Body. slender; 

 snout long, one-third longer than rest of head ; nape and opercles with- 

 out keel; dorsal tin on 1 + C or 7 rings. Tail one-fifth longer than trunk ; 

 rings 18+31. Caudal pouch in male on 18 rings. Ilead about 6; D. 

 27 ; L. 8 inches. North Carolina to Western Florida ; abundant at Pen- 

 sacola and Beaufort. 



(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882.) 



Page 381. After Siphostoma califomiense add : 

 61G (/'.) S. gTiseoIiiieatiiin (Ayres) J. & G. 



Very close to >S'. calif oridense, but the size smaller, the snout shorter, 

 and the number of rays and rings different. Dorsal covering 1+9 rings. 

 Snout in head lf| times. Dorsal rays 36 to 41 ; rings 18 to 19+39 to 42. 

 L. 10 inches. San Francisco to Paget Sound. 



(Syiignalhits griseolineatits Ajtos, Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sci. 18.54, 14, etc.) 



616 ((•)• S. baJl'flBaiilliii (Dnin.) Swain. 



Blackish, with i)ale lines; fins mottled. Body unusually stout, with 



short head and tail. Snout short, compressed, with a sharp keel above, 



in the male just as long as head, probably longer in female. Nape and 



opercle without keel. Dorsal fin low. Kings 18 + 31. D. 34, placed 



on J + 7 rings. Ten rings on tail behind caudal pouch. Head 7f in 



length, Santa Barbara, California. 



('^Sifngnathus hairdianus Duiudril, Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, 1870, 574; "Coast of Mexico, 

 near California'' (dorsal said to lie inserted on 3 + 6 rings); Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mns. 1882.) 



Page 384. The species described in the foot-note as Siphostoma dimid- 

 iatum is a valid species, and should stand as — 



6 IT (6). S. aillisciis Swain.* 



Syngnatlius dimidiatm Gill was based on short-nosed examples of aS^. 

 Icptorhynchiis. 



* Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882. 



The following analysis of the species of S'q}ho8foma fonnd in the United States is 

 given by Mr. Swain (R<'view of tlio North American Pipt -tislies, 1. c.): 

 a. Top of head strongly carinated. 



b. Breast-shields not covered by soft .skin; lower jaw slightly included; opercle 

 with a prominent ridge; snont short; belly concave ; dorsal rays 20, 

 its base covering 1+4 rings; rings 18 + 30; body with 12 brown cross- 

 bands ZaT1!OPIS. 



bh. Breast-shieMs covered by soft skin: lower j;iw included: dorsal rays 41; rings 

 19+30 PUNCTIPIXNU. 



