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oscellated white spots, which extend on the head, the snout, and 
the upper side of the tail ; the anterior edge of the body is of a 
fine yellow ; the snout, back, and upper parts of the body are of 
a dark violet carmine ; the lower side of the tail is of a flue 
reddish brown ; the transverse violet bands of the anterior part 
of the body are still visible ; the fins are pink, with a large 
rounded black spot on the dorsal, which extends nearly to the 
edge ; the filaments are of a dark brown ; the operculum, and 
proeoperculum are covered with fine radiated striae. 
It bears at Hobart Town the name of Sea Dragon. 
SYNaNATHHS. 
This genus used to contain the entire family ; but it has been 
very much restricted by Dr. Kaup : Dr. Gunther characterizes 
it thus — “ Body with the ridges more or less distinct ; the dorsal 
edge of the trunk not being continuous with that of the tail ; 
pectoral fins well developed ; caudal present ; dorsal fin opposite 
or near to vent,; humeral bones firmly united into the breast 
ring ; male with an egg pouch on the tail, the eggs being covered 
by cutaneous folds.” 
Inhabiting all the seas of the temperate and tropical regions. 
STNGlVATnrS SEMISTEIATUS. 
Syngnathus Semistriatus ? Kaup-, Lopli., p. 48. 
Semifsaciatus ? Gunther, Catal., vol. viii, p. 462. 
Lateral line interrupted ; the trunk is very arched, and con- 
tained four and a-half times in its length ; the snout, from its 
extremity to the anterior edge of the eye, is equal to the distance 
from the posterior edge of the eye to the end of the third body 
ring ; it is long, almost cylindrical, rather turned up ; head 
without ridges, but covered with strong convergent striae ; these 
cover also the shields of the body. The head is contained one 
and two-third times in the trunk, and this, including the head, is 
one and one-third in the tail ; anus under the first third of the 
length of the dorsal ; this is large and formed of thirty-eight 
rays ; caudal fin very small as are also the pectorals ; the rings of 
the trunk number twenty and those of the tail forty-eight to fifty. 
The general colour is of a light green, with the lower side of 
