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inches. The pouch extends ovei' 201/2 to 22 caudal rings, instead of 

 19. The dorsal fin rays are more numerous, 31 to 35 instead of 30 

 to 32 ; and the fin covers from 1 + '' to + 8 rings. The caudal rings 

 are more numerous, 39 to 43, instead of 36 to 41. 



Males taken in January at Anaheim Landing contained eggs in 

 the pouch ; those taken in April contained young ; a female, 165 mm. 

 long, collected on August 6, contained large eggs ; a male, 127 mm. 

 long, taken on the same day, had the pouch empty. 



In yoiing specimens 4 types of coloration were found. Some were 

 entirely green, corresponding to the color of the eel-grass in which the 

 fish were taken; others wei"e entirely grayish-brown, corresponding 

 closely to the color of some growth on the algae ; others were green, 

 with a grayish-brown stripe along the dorsal surface ; still others 

 were green, with horizontal bars of grayish-brown. It may be of 

 interest to note that these four types of coloration were also found 

 in prawns taken with the pipe-fish. 



Syngnathus griseolineatus Ayres 



A female specimen, from Santa Cruz, 210 mm. long (without 

 caudal). D. 40, on 1 + 8 rings; rings 19 + 43; eye 8.2; snout 1.7. 

 Another specimen, a female 215 mm. long, was collected by Mr. N. B. 

 Scofield in San Francisco Bay. D. 41, on 1 + 8 rings ; rings 18 + 42 ; 

 eye 8.7 ; snout 1.6. 



Syngnathus barbarae (Swain) 



Dr. C. H. Gilbert has re-examined the type of this species, and 

 permits the writer to present the following from his notes : 



Dorsal, 35. 



Species certainly distinct from griseolineatus or leptorhynchus, 

 with which the type has been directly compared. 



It is probable that the tail is abnormally shortened in this speci- 

 men. The caudal is irregularly attached, the joint being abnormal 

 and not as small as usual, the caudal peduncle not normally tapering. 

 The presence of but 10 rings behind the caudal pouch also sviggests 

 an early accident and the formation of a new caudal fin. The dorsal 

 completely covers 8 rings, the first of which contains the anus. 



