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Family CII. MACRORHAMPHOSID-SI. The Snipe-Pishes. 



Genus 345. MACRORHAMPHOSTIS Lac6pede. Snipe-fishes. 

 Macrorhamphosus Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 136, 1803 (cornuius=zscolo- 

 pax). 



1131. Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Linnreus). Snipe-fish; Trumpet-fish; Bellows- 



fish. 

 Mediterranean Sea; northward to southern England; accidental on oxir 



North Atlantic Coast. 

 Balistes scolopax Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 329, 1758, Mediterranean. 



Order AA. LOPHOBRANCHII. The Lophobranchs. 



Suborder SYNGNATHI. 



Family CIII. SYNGNATHIDiE. The Pipefishes. 



Genus 346. SIFHOSTOMA Rafinesque. 



Siphostoma Rafinesqne, Caratteri Nuovi Generi, 18, 1810 {pelagicus). 



Subgenus DERMATOSTETHUS Gill. 



Dermal ostethis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 283 (punctipinnis). 



1132. Siphostoma punctipinne (Gill). 



San Diego, California. 



Dermatostethus punctipinnis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 283, San 

 Diego, California. 



Subgenus SIPHOSTOMA Raflnesqne. 



1133. Siphostoma carinatum Gilbert. 



Gulf of California. 



Siphostoma carinatum Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 547, Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia, 31° 31' N., 114^ 19' W., at Alb'atross Stations 3027 and 3028. 



1134. Siphostoma californiense (Storer). 



Santa Barbara and Monterey ; from Santa Barbara northward. 

 Syngnathus californiensis Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., ii. 184."), 73, Cali- 

 fornia. 



1135. Siphostoma griseolineatum (Ayres). 



Pacific Coast of the United States, from Puget Sound to Monterey. 

 Syngnathus qrlseolineatus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 18-54, 14. San Francisco 

 Bay. 



1136. Siphostoma leptorhynchum (Girard). 



West coast of America from San Francisco to San Diego. 

 Syngnathus Icptorhynchus Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 1.56, San 

 Diego, California. 



1137. Siphostoma fistulatum (Peters). 



P>;erto Cabello, near Aspinwall. 



Syngnathus fistulatus Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berk., 456, 1868, Puerto 

 Cabello, near Aspinwall. 



1138. Siphostoma barbarae Swain. 



California coast, at Santa Barbara. 



Siphostoma harbane Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 238, Santa Barbara, 

 California. 



1139. Siphostoma mackayi Swain & Meek. 



Key West, Florida, and south to Yucatan. 



Siphostoma mackayi Swain & IMeek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 239, Key 

 West, Florida. 



