CES 
. tion marked by an oblique vitta y 
Fishes of Massachusetts. “507 
eumference; the upper part of the operculum ofa 
dark brown color; beneath, white; its anterior por- 
jssing backwards | 
and downwards from the posterior i inferior angle of 
the eye. Jaws tubular; upper portion fuliginous ; 
beneath, white. Greatest depth of the jaws, ead 
to about one third the greatest depth of the head. 
Mouth opens obliquely ; lower jaw slightly project- 
ing; the depth of the anterior portion of the body 
at its middle, to the middle of the posterior portion, 
as 3 to 1. 
The Dorsal fin commences at two-sixths the 
whole length of the fish, with the anal aperture 
beneath its middle; fin one line longer than the 
head; length of the last rays to the length of the 
fin, as 2 to 9; length of the rays rather less than the 
greatest depth of the body. Color of this m a light 
brown, with black vertical bands. 
No Anal fin can be perceived. 
The only description I have met with, answering 
at all to the species before me, is that drawn up by 
Delaroche, in the 13th vol. of the “Annales du 
Museum," accompanied by a beautiful figure, under 
the name of “ Syngnathus Rondeletii,” among the 
fishes of Ivica. In his description he says, “La 
nageoire anale est tres petite, et on ne la découvre 
qu'en la recherchant attentivement." Cuvier, in the 
notes to his * Regne Animal" includes this species 
among those in which the anal is wanting. Yar- 
rell, in his * British Fishes,” says “ the anal fin is 
minute,” and considers this species and the “ typhle’’ 
synonymous. The “ Rondeletii” differs in several 
