770 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



Siphostoma fuscum, Tar., EVERMANN & KENDALL, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xn, 1892 (1894), 109. 

 Siphostoma scorelli, EVERMANN & KENDALL, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvm, 1895, 109, Shamrock 



Point, Corpus Christi, Texas. (Type, No. 47300. Coll. Evermann, Scovell, and 



Gurley.) 

 Siphostoma affine, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 383, 1883, part; SWAIN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



1882 (1883), 313. 



1128. SIPHOSTOMA BAIBDIANUM (Dumeril). 



Rings 17 + 31. Dorsal 30, on 3 + 6 rings. Head nearly 7 in total 

 length ; snout more than i longer than postocular part of head. Median 

 crest feebly marked; opercular crest very short. Yellowish, all the rings 

 with a brown streak. (Dume'ril.) Coast of Mexico, near California; 

 known from Dunae'ril's description, which has been verified for us on the 

 original type. (Named for Spencer Fullerton Baird.) 



Syngnatlius bairdianus, DUMERIL, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 574, 1870, Coast of Mexico, near 

 California. 



1129. SIPHOSTOMA LOUISIANA (Giinther). 



Head 7 to 7 in total length. D. 32 to 37; rings 20 to 21 + 36 to 38. 

 Trunk broader below. Snout moderate, about If in head ; median ridge 

 above and below, a ridge on each side of median ridge above and below. 

 Occiput, nuchal plates, and opercle somewhat keeled. Belly flat or 

 slightly concave, with a median ridge. Dorsal fin well developed, 

 shorter than head, covering 3 + 5 rings. Caudal longer than pectoral, 

 2| in base of dorsal. Tail longer than trunk, 1 in total length. Color 

 brownish, lighter on lower part of trunk and below; sides with a dis- 

 tinct band of brown ; brown of the side extending through eye to middle 

 of snout. Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, North Carolina 

 to Texas, south to Key West ; common and variable. 



Syngnathus pelagicus, var., LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. xn, 416, 1766; Charleston, South 



Carolina. 

 Syngnathus louisianae, GUNTHER, Cat., vin, 160, 1870, New Orleans; SWAIN, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 1882, 313; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 383, 1883. 



1130. SIPHOSTOMA FUSCUM (Storer). 

 (COMMON PIPEFISH.) 



Head 7i to 9 in total length. D. 36 to 40; rings 18 to 20 + 36 to 40. 

 Snout short, about 2 in head ; median line above and below well keeled, 

 the ridge on each side of median ridges rather conspicuous. Occiput, 

 nuchal plates, and opercle carinate ; belly somewhat convex, scarcely 

 keeled. Dorsal longer than head, covering 4-5 + 5-4 rings, its height 

 5-6 in length of its base; tail much longer than trunk, If in total length. 

 Color in spirits olivaceous or brownish ; lighter below, especially on 

 belly, lower half of opercles, and snout; sides mottled and blotched 

 much as in other species. Atlantic Coast of the United States, Cape Ann 

 to Virginia; very common northward, where it is the only species of 

 pipefish, (fuscus, dusky.) 



Syngnathus peckii, STORER, Report Fishes Mass., 3, 1839, (name only). 

 Syngnathus /USCMS, STORER, Report Fish. Mass., 162, 1839, Nahant. 



