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posterior vertical fins, so that origin of spinous dorsal is close before 

 base of last dorsal ray, and in having the beak directed upwards. 



{Limicula, an old name for the godwit, with reference to the upturned 

 beak.) 



Macrorhamphosus liiimerosus (Ru'lianlson). 

 One example. 



SYNGNATHID^.^ 



CASTELNAUINA subgeii. nov. 

 Type Solenognathus spinosissimus Giinther. 



Differs from subgenus Solegnathus Swainson in having tlie rings 

 with small low spines along their edges. 



(Named for Count Francis de Castelnau, who studied the fishes of 

 Victoria.) 

 Solegnathiis spiuosissimus (<niuthcr). 



Two examples. 

 Phyllopteryx tseniopterus (Lacc^p^dc). 



Four examples from Portland, Victoria. 

 Phyllopteryx elongatus Castelnau. 



Two small examples appear to agree with (Jastelnau's account, and 

 though the sexes are undetermined the greatest depth of the body is 

 about half the length of the snout. The spines on the snout are 

 laterally superior. Cutaneous appendages and end of tail black. 

 Portland, Victoiia. 



MACLEAYINA subyeii. nov. 

 Type IIij)poratnpus bleeker! sp. nov. 



Differs from subgenus Hippocampus Rafinesque in the long dorsal 

 the rays being about 28 to 31, while in the latter they arc about 12 to 20. 



(Named for Hon. William Macleay, the distinguished Australian 

 zoologist.) 



Hippocampus bleekeri sp. nov. Fig. I. 



Head If in tnmk, measured to gill-opening; depth of trunk 2 in its 

 length; width of trunk 5^; trvmk 2| in tail; D. 28; A. 5; P. 15; rings 

 12 + 48; depth of head, at coronet, If in its length; width of head 

 2f ; snout 2; eye 8^; base of dorsal 1^; interorbital space IJ in eye. 



Body elongate, moderately deep, trunk comparatively short and 



* Syngnathus semistriatus (Kaup) and Stigmatophora nigra Kaup. Two speci- 

 mens representing these Australian species are listed from Fiji. 



