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origin of the upper caudal ridge, which commences on the side and attains the 

 dorsal angle at the sixth caudal scute : lower lateral ridge continuous : a ventral 

 body ridge. Pectoral and caudal fins as long as the eye. Many specimens from 

 Spencer and St. \'incent Gulfs, dredged by Sir Joseph Verco, the longest being 

 270 mm. 



Coliiiirs. Male: Head light, yelluwii^h brown, with irregular, vertical bars 

 or mottlings on the snout: underside of snout and head pale. Body brown, 

 darker above, with about thirteen large, dark brown spots on the back between 

 the nape and tlie caudal tin. Front edge of the anterior caudal scutes witii a 

 large, dark brown mark, the intensity of which diminishes backwards and dis- 

 appears at the eighth or ninth caudal scute : other irregular and scattered mark- 

 ings on the tail. ( )visac milky white with two dark streaks on each side. 



I'oiialc. From the examination of thirteen male and eleven female speci 

 men> it a])pears that, in the female, the lower half of the snout, the throat and 

 tile neck are invariably marked with series of small, dark brown dots; such are 

 al)sent in the male. 



Hah. .Siiutli and Western .\ustralia. 



SYNGNATHUS PHILLIPI Lucas. 



Syinjiiatlnis phtUipi Lucas, ]'.I\..S., \'ict., iii (n.s.), 1891, p. 12; Dunck., Fauna 



SiUKvest .\ust., n, 1909, \). 245. 

 CovytUioichthys philUpi AlcCull.. Endeavour Res., i, 191 1, p. 26, fig. 10. 



Fig. 40. 



U.ll-li (28); P.IO (11-12): X.l-i: CIO: .\nnub lS-20-1-41-43 (40-4,s): sub- 

 dorsal annuli 1 (2)-l-5-6; brood annuh (1)4-15 (15-18). 



Head 2-0 in the trunk and 8 'O in the total length: snout i -9 in the head: 

 eye 3 -4 in the snout and 7 -9 in the head : trunk 2 -4 in the tail. 



Snout as long as the rest of the head, narrow, with a low median crest 

 extending on to the interorbitai space : a low ridge from the end of the snout to 

 the first nostril : interorbitai space concave : the strongly marked supraorbital 

 ridges extend behind the eye to a distance equal to its diameter or to below the 

 origin of the upper body ridge: opercle with granular, radiating striae and a 

 prominent median keel. .A long occipital ridge and a nuchal ridge extending to 

 the posterior edge of the second body scute. Mody deeper than wide, its depth. 

 ec|ual to twice the diameter of the eye. liidges well defined: upper ridge ter- 

 minates on the fifth caudal scute: median lateral ridge extends on to the last 

 body scute, beneath the origin of the upper caudal ridge: lower lateral ridge con- 

 tinuous: a strong ventral keel terminating at the anus. Anal fin minute. Length 



