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Table or Measurements in Hundredths of Total Length to Caudal 

 Base — (Continued) 



Monterey Bay Japan 



Height, dorsal fin 5.5 6 6 5.5 5.5 6 6 



Height, first dorsal finlet 3.5 4 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 



Length, anal base 10 10 10 9 10.3 11 10 11 



Height, first anal finlet 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.5 



Length, pectoral 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 



Ventral to anus 14 13 13.5 13 13 11.5 12 13 



Length, ventral 6.5 6 6 6 6.2 6.5 6.5 6 



Table op Scale, Fin, .\nd Gii.l-Eaker Counts 



Monterey Bay Japan 



Scale rows 121 117 119 121 115 



Dorsal rays 9 10 10 10 11 



Dorsal finlets 6 5 6 6 6 



Anal finlets 6 6 6 7 6 



Pectoral rays 13 13 13 13 14 



Gill-rakers; first arch 9 + 38 8 + 37 



SjmgTiathus californiensis Storer 



A male specimen, 224 mm. long, was collected on August 8, 1913, 

 among a large quantity of kelp on the beach at Coronado. Head 9 ; 

 D. 43; rings 19 + 48; dorsal on 1 + 9 ring.s; pouch (containing eggs) 

 on 23 caudal rings ; eye 8.2 ; snout 2 ; body 2.4 in tail ; depth 3.5 in head ; 

 pectoral 6 in head ; caudal 4.2 ; height of dorsal 5.5 in its length ; base of 

 dorsal 14 longer than head. Color olive-green anteriorly, shading 

 into brown on tail; pouch unmarked; sides anteriorly with gray 

 rosettes between rings. Head sparingly spotted with gray. 



A specimen in the Scripps Institution was taken at a surface haul 

 off La Jolla. D. 43 ; rings 21 + 47 ; dorsal on 1 + 9 rings ; snout 1.8 : 

 eye 8. 



Both of these specimens were taken from the kelp beds, while 

 none were found in the bays, where the following species is 

 abundant. 



Syngnathus leptorhjrachus Girard 



This is the commonest pipe-tish in the bays and sloughs. Speci- 

 mens were obtained in the sloughs at Anaheim Landing, Orange 

 County, and in San Diego Bay. 



The specimens from Anaheim Landing show some variations from 

 current descriptions. The adult length is greater, 10 instead of 6 



