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1117. SIPHOSTOMA MACKAYI, Swain & Meek. 



Head 5f to 6i in total length. D. 29 to 32 ; rings 18 + 33 to 36. Snout 

 rather long, compressed, If to 2 in head, its median line with a slight keel 

 above and below, with smaller keels on each side; operclo not keeled. 

 Dorsal somewhat higher than width of a body ring, its base about 1 in 

 length of head, covering 2 -j- 6 rings. Pectoral higher than length of base ; 

 tail about If in total length offish; body deep; its greatest depth in 

 adult females equals width of 4 body rings. Color in spirits grayish or 

 dark olive; the males with about 14 dark-gray crossbars on the sides, 

 broader than the interspaces; the body is usually more or less spotted 

 with small white spots; dorsals pale, usually dotted over with darker; 

 caudal dusky, generally spotted with white; opercle usually with white 

 bars. Gulf of Mexico, known from the Snapper Banks off Pensacola, 

 Key West, and Cozumel, Yucatan; rather common. (Named for Charles 

 Leslie McKay, of Appleton, Wisconsin, an accomplished young naturalist, 

 who was drowned in Bristol Bay, Alaska, while on a collecting expedi- 

 tion in 1884.) 



Siphostoma mackayi, SWAIN & MEEK, Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus., 1884,239, Key West; BEAN, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish Comm., vm, 1888, 195; D. 30 on 2 + 5 rings; rings 17 + 35, opercle not keeled; 

 snout 1% in head; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 225; D. 32, on 2% + 5% rings; 

 rings 18 + 36. No pale spots; crossbars well marked. 



1118. SIPHOSTOMA FLORIDA, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 6 to 6| in total length. D. 27; rings 17 to 18 + 31 to 32. Snout 

 rather short, about If in head ; median line well keeled above and below, 

 the ridge on both sides of median ridges above and below not so conspic- 

 uous. Occiput and opercle little keeled. Dorsal shorter than head, 

 covering 1-f- 6 to 7 rings, its height 5 times in its base; caudal fin 2 in 

 base of dorsal; pectoral slightly higher than length of its base; tail 

 longer than trunk, If in total length, caudal pouch covering about 18 

 rings. Color in life dark green ; sides with gray specks and without dark 

 band; tail with faint darker bars, broader than the interspaces. Sides 

 of tail, especially mesially, with many rough and oblong pale spots. 

 Snout mottled, especially on side. Lower part of opercle nearly plain. 

 Dorsal translucent, yellowish at base. Caudal yellow, dusky at tip. Anal 

 plain. Sandy shores from North Carolina to Texas (Beaufort, North 

 Carolina; Corpus Christi, Texas); rather common, (florida, Florida.) 



Siphostoma floridse, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 263, Pensacola, Florida. 

 (Type, No. 30826. Coll. Jordan.) SWAIN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 312; JORDAN & GILBERT, 

 Synopsis, 905, 1883. 



1119. SIPHOSTOMA POETI, Jordan & Evermann, new specific name. 



D. 30, on 1 + 6 segments; rings 19 +24. Snout long. Occipital crest 

 very low. Body and tail banded, color gray with pale markings. One 

 specimen known, from Havana ; not seen by us. (Named for its describer, 

 Felipe Poey, Professor of Zoology in the University of Havana; the most 

 eminent naturalist of Spanish-speaking countries.) 

 Syngnathvs tennis, POEY, Synopsis, 444, 1867, Havana; name preoccupied. 



