1907, 



XATUIiAL SC;[K\CRS OF IMII LAUKLI'III A. 



427 



wdl compi-essotl. Tail very loiiij;, slender. (|ii:ulraiiu;ular and tapering 

 in a long point. 



Head moderately large, deep and compressed. Snout long, slender. 

 of more or less even depth throughout, and its great I'.st width about 



Yig. A. —Hippocampus hleekeri Fowlrr. (Tvpc.^ 



equal to greatest distal depth of muzzle. Eye small, high, a trifle 

 longer than deep, and its center falling slightly behind middle in 

 length of head. Mouth terminal, small, superior, and with thin jaws 

 sligi^tly protruding above and, lielow. Nostrils small, close to middle 



