

LOPHOBRANCHII. 



5. Dory icli thy s lineatus, Kp. 



Syngnathus lineatus, Valenc. 

 Typhlus D'Orbignyi, Bibron. 



Diagn. — From 15 to 17 rings before the dorsal fin, and from 

 18 to 20 before the anus. The dorsal placed on 9 or 10 

 rings, three of which belong to the body. In well-preserved 



specimens there are 3 silvery stripes along the lateral line ; 

 and on the under part of the snout from 3 to 5 black 

 spots. 



Descr. — The crested snout is nearly twice as long as the head. 

 Occiput scarred with three prominent lines in the middle, and 

 two proceeding from the orbit. Rough cross streaks on the gill- 

 cover, which has one prominent line in the middle, and beneath 

 it two or three. From 2.'i to 27 caudal rings. The ground- 

 colour is yellowish-brown. Six male specimens from Bahia and 

 Vera Cruz have a uniform blackish-brown colour, and a bronze 

 lustre on the head and gill-cover. Length of head F02 to 1*32 

 inch, of snout from 0*63 to 071 inch, of body 374 inches, of 

 dorsal fin 079 inch, of the tail 2"5(> inches. 



Rad.—V. 19 ; D. 40 ; A. 3 or 4 ; CIO. 



The Paris Museum contains a great many specimens from 

 Bahia, Mexico and Guadaloupe. 



6. Doryichthys auronitens, Kp. 



Diagn. — Edges of the body finely toothed. Anterior to the 

 dorsal there are IS rings, and 20 up to the anal ring ; 9 rings 

 sustain the dorsal, two of them being body-rings. Length 

 of the tail equal to the distance between the anus and the 

 front of the orbit. 



Descr. — This species presents a slender, greatly elongated and 

 very rough form. Its snout is longer than the distance between 

 the" fore border of the orbit and the extremity of the first breast- 

 ring. The crest above the nostrils is toothed. Two prominent 

 lines traverse the flat gold-coloured operculum beneath the prin- 

 cipal elevated medial line. Caudal rings 23. Colour brown 

 with a golden lustre. Two indistinct whitish lines run along 

 the lateral line. 



Rad.—1\ 20 ; D. 41 or 42 ; A. 3 ; C. 9. 



Length of head 0-83 inch, of snout 051 inch, of body 059 

 inch, of tail 1'93 inch ; height of body 0TG inch; breadth of 

 body - 12 inch. 



