SYNGNATIIUS. ST 



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

 caudal ridge not continuous. Snout about 1^ 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. Pouch half as long as tail. 



Syngnrtthus Jcatqu. 

 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 witli 

 yellowish above and beneath. 



Total length 125 millim. 



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



1. Hgr. Degama, Lower Congo. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (<'.). 



2-3. Ad. Fresh-water lagoon near Chiloango ,, 



Town. 



2. SYNGNATHUS ANSORGII. 

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



Head and body -j of total length ; bony rings 15-f 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 



Syngnathtis anso rg it. 

 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. 



