Syngnathus mossambicns Giinther, Fishes of Zanzibar 1866, p. 146. 



Syngnathus cyanospilus Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 170. 



Syngnathus Kuhlii Dume>il, Hist. nat. Poissons II. 1870, p. 555. 



Syngnathus cyanospilos Dumlril, 1. c. p. 555. 



Syngnathus mossambicus Duine>il, 1. c. p. 565. 



Syngnathus cyanospilos Day, Fishes of India 4 18781880, p. 65*. 



Doryichthys spaniazpis Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. of Fisheries Washington XXVI. 



(1906) 1907, p. 10. 



Syngnathus cyanospilos Max Weber, Siboga-Exped. Fische. 1913, p. 107. 

 Syngnathus cyanospilus Duncker, Mitt. a. d. naturh. Mus. Hamburg XXXII. 



1915, p. 81. 



D. 2125; A - 23; P- 12 16; C. 10; Rings 1314+3236; 

 subdorsal rings I +4 5. 



Elongated; trunk heptagonal, the ventral crista very high; 

 tail tetragonal, about 2 1 / 2 times longer than trunk. Shields 

 transversely striated; their edges smooth or slightly crenulated. 

 Median cristae of trunk, deflected on the last trunk-ring to 

 inferior cristae of tail, which they nearly reach, but with which 

 they do not coalesce. Superior cristae of trunk reaching to about 

 middle of dorsal; anterior end of superior cristae of tail reaches 

 nearly to commencement of dorsal. Head 7 1 /., 8Y 2 times in 

 length, low, its rostro-frontal profile somewhat concave. Front 

 and vertex transversely striated. Snout somewhat longer than 

 postorbital part of head, with a median rather high keel, running 

 to concave interorbital space. A scalloped nuchal crest beginning 

 on vertex and reaching to first body-ring. Operculum inflated, 

 with a conspicuous longitudinal keel, which is complete or 

 nearly so '); from it radiate fine striae. Caudal shorter than 

 postorbital part of head. Brown, trunk laterally with dark 

 transverse bars on the limits of the rings; tail with numerous 

 irregular whitish spots, which are blue in life. Dorsal with black 

 oblique streaks. Ventral crista blackish. Length 152 mm. 

 [Specimens of BLEEKER in the Leiden Museum seen by us]. 



Habitat: Singapore!; Nias!; Java; Banda ; Ternate ; Island 

 Siau!. -- Gulf of Suez; Mossambique; Zanzibar; Madagascar; 

 British India; Philippines; Formosa. 



6. Syngnathus (?) uncinatus M. Web. 2 ). [Fig. 35, p. 85]. 



Syngnathus uncinatus M. Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. no. 



1) In a young specimen of 92 mm. length, this keel is very short and rather low. 



2) We are not sure about the generic position of the single young specimen 

 we possess. 



