Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2837 



dermal plates anteriorly counting from pectoral fin, none posteriorly; cau- 

 dal peduncle short, naked, not keeled; innominate bone lanceolate, its 

 width about 3 times in length ; ventral spines rather long, about 1 times 

 in head, serrated above and below, a strong cusp at base on both upper 

 and lower edge. Color in life, grass green, mottled and finely punctated 

 with black on top of head and back ; sides of head and body golden, with 

 dark blotches; breast silvery, ventrals scarlet. In alcohol the back be- 

 comes smoky black, the mottling and black dots more distinct, the golden 

 hue of the sides fades, becoming more or less silvery, the dark blotches 

 more pronounced. Coast of Maine and Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 

 (gladiuncultis, little sword; sticklebacks being called by the boys about 

 Portland, Maine, " Little swordtish.") 



Gasterosteus gladiunculug, KENDALL, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1895, 623, off Seguin Island, 

 Maine. (Type, No. 47589. Coll. Grampus.) 



Page 754. Aidostomus maculatus is pinkish-red in life. 

 Page 757. Fistularia tabacaria has been recorded by Storer from Holmes 

 Hole, Massachusetts, and H. M. Smith records it from Buzzards Bay, near 

 Quisset, and from about Woods Hole. 

 Page 762. In the key to species of Siphostoma read : 

 eee. Dorsal covering 4 or 5 caudal (not body) rings, 

 o. Kings 16 to 18+ 29 to 33. 



q. Kings 16+30 to 33; dorsal 30 to 34, on 3 -f 5 rings. 



Page 767. It is doubtful if Siphostoma pelagicum occurs in America. 

 S. rousseaui has probably been sometimes mistaken for it. 

 Page 768. After Siphostoma jonesi add: 



1 1 i I nil. SIPHOSTOMA ROBEHTSI, Jordan & Kutter. 



Head 7| in length ; depth 2 in head ; eye 5f in head. Dorsal 20, on + 4 

 rings ; segments 17 -f- 32. Snout 2 in head, with a slight keel ; a slight 

 keel on top of head, another above opercle, and 1 on anterior side of 

 opercle, but not reaching posterior edge ; shields without spines ; lateral 

 keel ending on last body segment; ventral keel on next to last; upper 

 body keel extending nearly to end of dorsal fin, upper caudal beginning be- 

 low it on first caudal segment ; all ridges of body very prominent, the tail 

 with 4 plain ridges ; caudal pouch 3 in total length. Color mottled brown, 

 paler below, the membrane connecting the segments pale bluish, forming 

 cross stripes which are especially marked on the egg pouch ; prominent pale 

 cross bars on lower side of head; dorsal colorless, except that the base is 

 finely dusted with brown; caudal thickly dusted with brown, except near 

 base. This species is most closely related to Siphostoma jonesi, differ- 

 ing in having a shorter dorsal with more rays, and in the lateral keel 

 ending distinct from lower caudal keel. Jamaica; 1 specimen, 4 inches 

 long, known. (Named for Rev. Joseph Seed Roberts, who collected the 

 type.) 



Siphostoma robertsi, JORDAN & KUTTER, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1897, 97, Kingston, 

 Jamaica. (Type, No. 4988, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus. ) 



