STNGNATHUS. 87 



without spines; body a little deeper than broad ; lateral line and upper 

 caudal ridge not continuous. Snout about IJ times as long as post- 

 ocular part of head ; operculum crossed by a straight ridge ; a ridge 

 along the upper surface of the head and on the nape. Dorsal 25-27, 

 originating above vent and occupying 7 rings. Anal 2-3. Pectoral 

 and caudal fins well developed, but small. Touch half as long as tail. 



Fig. 72. 



Syngnathus Tcaupi. 

 Chiloango. 



Dark brown, with more or less distinct light spots on the body; a 

 regular series of yellowish dark-edged ocelli, one to each bony ring, on 

 each side of the body, just above the ventro-lateral ridge ; large light 

 spots on each side of the brood-pouch ; female with dark and light 

 vertical bars on the sides of the head ; caudal fin black, edged with 

 yellowish above and beneath. 



Total length 125 millim. 



Coast of Guinea to Congo. — Type in Leyden Museum. 



1. Hot. Degama, Lower CJongo. Dr. "W. J. Ansorge (C). 



:osh-\v 

 Town. 



2-3. Ad. Fresh-water lagoon near Chiloantjo 



2. SYNGNATHUS ANSORGII. 

 Bonleng. Ann. &. Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1910, p. 559. 



Plead and body -g- of total length ; bony rings 15 + 37, without spines ; 

 body a little deeper than broad ; lateral line and upper caudal ridge not 

 continuous. Snout as long as postocular part of head ; operculum 



FiK. 73. 



Sijnrjnafhus ansorgii. 

 Type. 



crossed by a straight ridge ; a ridge along the upper surface of the head 

 and on the nape. Dorsal 29, originating above vent and occupying 

 7 rings. Anal 2. Pectoral and caudal fins well developed, but small. 



