﻿[61] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  849 
  

  

  201.— 
  EXOCCETUS 
  1 
  Linnaeus. 
  (185,186) 
  

  

  673. 
  Exocoetus 
  exiliens 
  2 
  Gnielin. 
  O. 
  S. 
  (613) 
  

  

  674. 
  Exocoetus 
  rondeleti 
  3 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  S. 
  O. 
  Eu. 
  (609) 
  

  

  675. 
  Exocoetus 
  vinciguerree 
  4 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Meek. 
  N. 
  O. 
  (609) 
  

   £76. 
  Exoccetus 
  volitans 
  6 
  Linnaeus. 
  N. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (611) 
  

  

  677. 
  Exocoetus 
  heterurus 
  Rafinesque. 
  N. 
  S. 
  Eu. 
  (610, 
  613) 
  

  

  678. 
  Exocoetus 
  furcatus 
  Mitchill. 
  0. 
  (612) 
  

  

  679. 
  Exocoetus 
  californicus 
  Cooper. 
  C. 
  P. 
  (608) 
  

  

  680. 
  Exoccetus 
  gibbifrons 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  O. 
  

  

  Order 
  W.— 
  LOPHOBRANCHII. 
  (R.) 
  

   Family 
  LXIX.— 
  SYNGNATHID^E. 
  (58, 
  59) 
  

  

  202.— 
  SIPHOSTOMA 
  Rafinesque 
  (18?) 
  

  

  681. 
  Siphostonia 
  zatropis 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  W. 
  (618 
  b.) 
  

  

  682. 
  Siphostoma 
  punctipinne 
  Gill. 
  C. 
  (618) 
  

  

  683. 
  Siphostoma 
  californiense 
  Storer. 
  C. 
  (616) 
  

  

  684. 
  Siphostoma 
  griseolineatum 
  Ayres. 
  C. 
  (616 
  b.) 
  

  

  685. 
  Siphostoma 
  auliscus 
  Swain. 
  C. 
  (617 
  6.) 
  

  

  686. 
  Siphostoma 
  barbarae 
  6 
  Swain 
  & 
  Meek. 
  C. 
  (616 
  c.) 
  

  

  687. 
  Siphostoma 
  bairdianum 
  7 
  Duinenl. 
  P. 
  

  

  1 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  Cypselurus 
  is 
  a 
  young 
  stage 
  of 
  Exocoetus. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  on 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  Exocoetus 
  mesogaster 
  two 
  short 
  barbels 
  at 
  the 
  symphysis 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw, 
  

   while 
  in 
  adult 
  examples 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  these 
  appendages. 
  For 
  a 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  

   our 
  species 
  of 
  tbis 
  genus, 
  see 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Meek, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  1885. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  Gmelin's 
  'account 
  of 
  Exocoetus 
  exiliens: 
  

  

  * 
  "Exocoetus 
  pinnis 
  ventralibus 
  caudam 
  attingentibus. 
  D. 
  10, 
  P. 
  15, 
  V. 
  6, 
  A. 
  11, 
  C. 
  

   26. 
  Habitat 
  ad 
  Carulinam, 
  volitante 
  statura 
  siurilliinus, 
  at 
  vix 
  digito 
  longior, 
  neque 
  

   argenteus. 
  Garden. 
  

  

  "PinnaB 
  pallidas, 
  fascia 
  una 
  alterave 
  uigricante, 
  ventrales 
  * 
  * 
  apice 
  pinnani 
  cau- 
  

   dae 
  attingentes, 
  i 
  a 
  caudas 
  reniotae, 
  * 
  * 
  inter 
  caput 
  et 
  anum 
  mediae, 
  radio 
  primo 
  

   brevi, 
  pectorales, 
  radio 
  primo 
  et 
  secundo 
  brevibus; 
  caudalis 
  lobus 
  inferior 
  longior." 
  

   ( 
  Gmelin. 
  ) 
  

  

  3 
  Exocoetus 
  volador 
  Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1634, 
  34. 
  

  

  *Exoccetus 
  rondeletii, 
  Synopsis, 
  p. 
  904, 
  not 
  of 
  C. 
  & 
  V. 
  ; 
  Liitken, 
  Vid. 
  Meddel. 
  Naturh. 
  

   Foren., 
  1876, 
  110.) 
  

  

  5 
  Exocoetus 
  volitans 
  L. 
  = 
  Exocoetus 
  melanurus 
  Synopsis, 
  p. 
  179; 
  wee 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  ; 
  Exo- 
  

   coehis 
  exiliens 
  Synopsis, 
  p. 
  904, 
  not 
  of 
  Gmelin; 
  Exocoetus 
  affinis 
  Gunther, 
  VI, 
  288; 
  Ex- 
  

   ocoetus 
  roberti 
  Miiller 
  & 
  Troschel, 
  Schoniburgk, 
  Excurs. 
  Barbadoes, 
  675 
  (probably). 
  

  

  6 
  The 
  species, 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  Siphostoma 
  bairdianum, 
  should 
  stand 
  as 
  Sipho- 
  

   stoma 
  barbarce 
  Swain 
  & 
  Meek, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884,238. 
  Santa 
  Barbara. 
  

  

  7 
  The 
  original 
  Syngnathus 
  bairdianus, 
  from 
  the 
  "coast 
  of 
  Mexico 
  near 
  California," 
  

   proves 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  different 
  species, 
  baving 
  the 
  technical 
  characters 
  of 
  S. 
  affine, 
  but 
  with 
  

   the 
  snout 
  longer 
  and 
  the 
  crest 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  rather 
  feebler. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  Dum6- 
  

   ril's 
  original 
  description 
  : 
  

  

  Head 
  scarcely 
  \ 
  of 
  total 
  length, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  dorsal 
  base; 
  muzzle 
  longer 
  by 
  

   a 
  third 
  than 
  postocular 
  part 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  equal 
  to 
  distance 
  from 
  front 
  of 
  eye 
  to 
  second 
  

   ring; 
  median 
  crest 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  nape 
  feeble; 
  that 
  of 
  opercle 
  very 
  6inall. 
  Rings 
  

   17 
  + 
  31. 
  Tail 
  at 
  least 
  half 
  longer 
  than 
  trunk. 
  Dorsal 
  on 
  3 
  + 
  6 
  rings. 
  P. 
  15, 
  D. 
  30, 
  

   A. 
  3, 
  C. 
  6. 
  Yellowish, 
  sutures 
  marked, 
  except 
  below, 
  by 
  a 
  brown 
  line. 
  Coast 
  of 
  

   Mexico, 
  near 
  California. 
  

  

  S. 
  Mis. 
  70 
  54 
  

  

  