88 STNGNATHID.E. 



Pouch half as long as tail. Yellowish brown, darker on the tail, with 

 rather indistinct dark brown bars above and blackish spots disposed 

 regularly on the sides, one above and one below the median lateral 

 ridge to each ring on the trunk ; dark lines radiating from the pupil ; 

 caudal fin black, edged with yellowish above and beneath. 



Total length 115 mm. 



Quanza River, Angola. 

 1. Type. Quanza R. at Dondo. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C;). 



3. SYNGNATHUS PULCHELLUS, sp. n. 

 Head and body slightly more than J of total length ; bony rings 

 13 + 35, without spines; body a little deeper than broad; lateral line 

 and upper caudal ridge continuous. Snout as long as postocular part 

 of head ; operculum crossed by a straight ridge ; a ridge along the 

 upper surface of the head and on the nape. Dorsal 25, originating 

 above vent and occupying 6 rings. Anal 2. Pectoral and caudal fins 



Fig. 74. 



SyngnatTius pxdchellus. 

 Type, Gaboon. 



well developed, but small. Pouch half as lonaj as tail. Brown ; above 

 with small darker spots and lighter, dark-edged cross-bars, which are 

 closer together on the tail than on. the trunk ; a series of square dark 

 brown spots, one to each ring, on each side below the lateral line ; eye 

 and operculum with radiating dark brown lines ; caudal fin yellowish, 

 variegated with black. 



Total length 135 millim. 



Gaboon, Cameroon. 



1. Ty{)(>. Gaboon. 



2. ,, Cameroon. 



4. SYNGNATHUS ALGERIENSIS. 



Playf. in Gunth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 1G4 (1870), .ind Ann. & Mag. N. II. (4) viii. 

 1871, p. 39:5. 



Head and body f to f of total length; bony rings 15-16 -f-33-35, 

 without spines ; body deeper than broad ; lateral line and upper caudal 



