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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



201.— EXOCCBTUS' Liunaiis. '(185,180) 



673. Exoccstus eziliens- Gmeliu. O. S. (613) 



674. Exocoetus roudeleti ' On v. & Val. S. O. En. (609) 



675. Exocoetus vinciguerrae^ Jorilan 4& Meek. N. O. (609) 



676. ExoccEtua volitans' Liuuieus. N. S. W. (611) 



677. Exocoetus heteruriis Ralinesque. N. S. En. (610, 613) 



678. Exocoetus furcatus Mittbill. O. (612) 



679. Exocoetus californicus Cooper. C. P. (608) 



680. Exocoetus gibbifrons Cuv. & Val. O. 



Order W.— LOPHOBRANCHIL (R.) 

 Family LXIX.— SY:N^GNaTH1D^. (58, 59) 



202.— SIPHOSTOMA Ratiuesque (187) 



681. Siphostoma zatropis Jordan & Gilbert. W. (618 b.) 



682. Siphostoma punctipinne Gill. C. (618) 



683. Siphostoma califoruiense Storer. C. (616) 



684. Siphostoma griseolineatum Ayres. C. (616 h.) 



685. Siphostoma auliscus Swain. C. (617 b.) 



686. Siphostoma barbaree" Swain & Meek. C. (61Gc.) 



687. Siphostoma bairdianum^ Dum<?ril. P. 



' It is probable tl^at Cypsehtrus is a young stage of Exocoetus. I have found on speci- 

 mens of Exocoefus mesogaster two short barbels at the symphysis of the lower jaw, 

 while in adult examples there is no trace of these appendages. For a fnll account of 

 our species of this genus, see Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 188.5. 



^The following is Gmelin's account oi Exocoetus exiliens: 



* "Exocoetus pinnis ventralibus caudam attingentibus. D. 10, P. 15, V. 6, A. 11, C. 

 26. Habitat ad Carolinam, volitante statura simillimus, at vix digito longior, neque 

 argentens. Garden. 



"Pinnie pallidae, fascia ima alterave uigricante, ventrales * * apice pinnam Cau- 

 da? attingentes, i a caudte remotse, * * inter caput et anum mediae, radio primo 

 brevi, pectorales, radio primo et secundo brevibus; caudalis lobus inferior longior." 

 {Gmelin.) 



^Exocoetus volador Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 34. 



* Exocoetus rondeletii, Synopsis, p. 904, not of C. & V. ; Liitken, Vid. Meddel. Naturh. 

 Foren., 1876, 110.) 



^Exocoetus voUtans L. =^ Exocoetus melanurus Synopsis, p. 179; nee Cuv. & Val. ; Exo- 

 coetus exiliens Synopsis, p. 904, not of Gmelin; Exocoetus affinis Giinther, VI, 288; Ex- 

 ocoetus roberti Miiller & Troschel, Schomburgk, Excurs. Barbadoes, 675 (probably). 



•"'The species, called in the Synopsis, Siphostoma bairdianum, siLonld stand aa Sipho- 

 stoma barbarce Swain & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,238. Santa Barbara. 



'The original Syngnathus bairdianus, from the "coast of Mexico near California," 

 proves to be a different species, having the technical characters of S. affine, but with 

 the snout longer and the crest on top of head rather feebler. The following is Durn^- 

 ril's original description : 



Head scarcely ^ of total length, a little longer than dorsal base ; muzzle longer by 

 a third than postocular part of head and equal to distance from front of eye to second 

 ring ; median crest of head and nape feeble ; that of opercle very small. Rings 

 17 + 31. Tail at least half longer than trunk. Dorsal on 3 + 6 rings. P. 15, D. 30, 

 A. 3, C. 6. Yellowish, sutures marked, except below, by a brown line. Coast of 

 Mexico, near California. 



