272 Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North .America. 



1. Leptocephalus gracilis, Storer. 



BoJy elongated, tapering posteriorly to a point, very much compressed. Translucent, the 

 vertebral column and ribs distinctly visible through the skin. Length of the head equal to 

 one seventeenth of the entire length of the fish ; the greatest depth of the body slightly ex- 

 ceeds the length of the head. Snout pointed. Eyes circular. No pectoral fins; the dorsal 

 and anal fins exceedingly small, and by their union forming the tail. In spirits, of a reddish- 

 brown color. Small black points are noticed, by means of the glass, upon the margins of 

 the dorsal and anal fins, and also along the lateral line. 



D. (.'). Y. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, 44 inches. 



Maine, Wheatland. 



Leptocephalus gracilis, Storer, Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., n. p. 76. 



GENUS SYNGNATHUS, Lin. 



2. Syngnathus Californiensis, Storer. 



Reddish brown, lighter beneath ; the lower portion of the sides irregularly dashed with 

 white. Nineteen transverse plates anterior to the vent, and forty-seven plates posterior to 

 it. From the tip of the tubular mouth to the posterior edge of the operculum, the length is 

 rather more than one seventh the length of the fish. The greatest depth of the jaws is 

 rather less than one half the depth of the head. The dorsal fin commences on the anterior 

 third of the body, and the height of its rays is less than one third the depth of the body. 



D. 42. P. 13. A. 3. C 10. Length, 14 inches. 



California, Storer. 



Syngnathus Californiensis, Stoker, Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., n. p. 73. 



Making a total of, — 



Families, ..... 35 



Genera, ..... 221 



Species, ...... 739' 



