XVIII. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES 

 OF HIPPOCAMPUS. 



By Georg Duncke:r [Hamburg). 



Hippocampus brachyrhynchus, n sp. 



Ann. ii-|-(33-37), Ann. subd. 2(-3)+i, D. 17-19, A. 4, P. 13- 

 I5,B. i. 6-8. 



Annuli with blunt spines, nearly uniform, except on ann. 

 vii t. and ann. iv, vii, xi and xiv c. , where they are dorsally a 

 little enlarged. Crista abdom. prominent, in males with a black 

 cutaneous fringe (dewlap). No cutaneous appendages, except 

 simple papillae on the breeding-pouch, more closely arranged in 

 its posterior half. Coronet scarcely developed. Rostrum very 

 short, ^-f in postorbital length of head, up to i| times in orbital 

 diameter. Total length up to 70 mm. 



Uniformly dark coloured ; light radiating stripes from the eye. 

 Ind. Mus. No. 8508, 50?-, 45. Chilka Lake, Rambha Bay, 



Ganjam distr., Madras {Chilka Survey). 

 Ind. Mus. No. 14299, i & . Mekran Coast, Baluchistan (F. W . 



Towns end). 

 Types in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



