RKMEW OK THE LOPHOBRANCHIATE FISHES 



(PiPF.-FISHKS AND SeA-HORSES) OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



Bv KDGAR R. WAITE, F.L.S., Dirkctck, 

 ANn 

 HF.RBKRT M. HALF, Assistant, South Australian Musfum. 



Text tigs. 39-56. 



In preparing this pajjur \vl- have examined all the cognate material preserved in 

 the Smith Anstralian Musenni, a large proportion of which was dredged at 

 various times in St. X'incent (hilf, by Sir Joseph Verco, President of the Royal 

 Society of South Australia. 



This material was used by .V. H. C. Zietz (i) in listing the Syngnathoids 

 of South Australia : as our determinations difl'er considerably from those by 

 Zietz. we indicate in the following table the relative findings, the first column 

 indicating the species as listed and now determined as shown in the second 

 column. 



Sxngiiatliiis ciirtirostris Cast. 

 Sytigiuifliiifi neiiiifascititiia (iiiiuii. 

 Syngnatlnis poccilolaemits Peters. 

 Syngnathus pelagic us Linn. 

 Sxngiiatliiis olk'ucca Cast. 

 S\iigiiat!nis argus Rich. 

 Iclithyocdinptis Hluin (iiuUli. 

 Leptoiclithys castehnnii Macleay. 

 Doryichtliys hetcrosoma Bleek. 

 Solenogiiatliiis spiiiosissiniiis Gimtli. 

 Phyllopteryx foliatus Shaw. 

 Phyllopteryx eqiies Giinth. 



Syiigiiathiis ciirtirostris Cast. 

 Histlogaiiiphcliis rostrafiis sp. nov. 

 Sviigiiathiis poecilolacmiis Peters. 

 StigiiKitopora nigra Kaup. 

 Sfiginatopora argus Rich. 

 Stiguiatopora argus Rich. 

 Sviigiiaflius I'crcoi sp. nov. 

 Lcptoichthys fistularius Kaup. 

 Histiogaiiiphelus rostratus juv. 

 Solcgiiathus rohnstus McCull. 

 Phyllopteryx foliatus Shaw. 

 Phyllopteryx eques Giinth. 



Hippocampus iiovae-hoUandiac .Steind. Hippocampus novae-hollaudiac Steind. 

 Hippocampus brczicrps Peters. Hippocampus brcviceps Peters. 



The complete list of the South Australian members of the Order Lopho- 

 branchii. as now determined, stands as follows: 



(1) Zietz, Trans. Roy, Soc. S.-A.., x.^xii, 1908. p. 298, 299. 



