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1883. Syngnathus arctus (Jenkins and Evermann). 



Gulf of California, Guaymas. 



Siphostoma arctum Jenkins and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, 

 1888, 137, Bay of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. 



1884. Syngnathus starksi (Jordan and Culver). 



Estuaries about Mazatlan. 



Siphostoma starksi Jordan and Culver, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 3d ser., 

 V, 1895, 416, PI. XXX, Rio Presidio, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



1885. Syngnathus dendriticus (Barbour). 



Ireland Island, Bermudas. 



Siphostoma dendriticum Barbour, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XLVI, 

 No. 7, 1904-1906, 115, Ireland Island, Bermudas. 



1886. Syngnathus mindii Meek and Hildebrand. 



Panama. 



Syngnathus mindii Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool., 



XV, 1923, 261, PI. XVIII, fig. 2; brackish creek near Mindi, Canal 



Zone, Panama. 



1887. Syngnathus elcapitensis Meek and Hildebrand. 



Streams, west coast of Panama. 



Syngnathus elcapitanense Meek and Hildebrand in Meek, Field Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Zool., X, 1914, 119, Rio Mamona at El Capitan, Panama. 



1888. Syngnathus tweedliei Meek and Hildebrand. 



Panama. 



Syngnathus tweedliei Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Zool., XV, 1923, 259, PI. XVIII, fig. 1, Chame Point, Panama. 



1889. Syngnathus torrei (Nichols). 



Cuba. 



Siphostoma torrei Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXI, 1912, 

 183, fig. 1, Matanzas, Cuba. 



Genus 636. SYRICTES Jordan and Evermann. 



Syrides Jordan and Evermann Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., XVI, Apr. 27, 

 1927, 504 {Syngnathus fuscus Storer). 



1890. Syrictes fuscus ^^ (Storer). Common pipefish; Green pipefish; Billfish. 



Atlantic coast of United States from Maine to Virginia; very common 



northward. 

 Syngnathus fuscus Storer, Rept. Fish. Mass., 1839, 162, Nahant, Mass. 

 Syngnathus peckianus Storer, Rept. Fish. Mass., 1839, 163, Holms 



Hole, Marthas Vineyard. 

 Syngnathus peckii Storer, Rept. Fish. Mass., 1839, 3; name only. 

 Syngnathus fasciatus DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 319, pi. 54, 



fig. 174, New York. 

 Syngnathus viridescens DeKay, loc. cit., 321, pi. 54, fig. 176, New York. 

 Syngnathus dekayi Dumdril, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1870, 569, New York. 

 Syngnathus milbertianus Dum^ril, loc. cit., 573, New York. 



1891. Syrictes afi&nis (Giinther). 



Gulf of Mexico, on coast of Louisiana. 



Syngnathus affinis Giinther, Cat., VIII, 1870, 163, Louisiana. 



1892. Syrictes scovelli (Evermann and Kendall). 



Coast of Texas and both coasts of Florida. 



Siphostoma scovelli Evermann and Kendall, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XVIII, 1895, 113, Shamrock Point, Corpus Christi, Tex. 



1893. Syrictes louisianse (Gunther). 



Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; North Carolina to Texas 



and south to Key West. 

 Syngnathus pelagicus, wax., Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 416, 



Charleston, S. C. 

 Syngnathus louisiame Giinther, Cat., VIII, 1870, 160; New Orleans, La. 



1894. Syrictes bairdianus (Dum^ril). 



West coast of Lower California. 



Syngnathus bairdianus Dum6ril, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1870, 574, "Coast 



of Mexico, near California." 



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<' The names fuscus and peekinnm are of the same date. The author who first percei ved this identity 

 obose the second name in spite of the page priority of fuscus. 



