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2 specimens are doubtless identical with those recorded by Mr. Fowler, and are apparently distinct 
from li. corusccms, the tyjje of which came from between St. Helena and Ascension Islands and others 
from between Australia and New Zealand. They are near li. an dr ex Liitken, from which they seem 
to differ in the blunter snout, the more slender tail, and in having the posterolateral photophore 
somewhat before the adipose fin. 
Type, No. 50622, U. S. N. M. (field No. 05805), 1.3 inches long, collected by the Albatross at 
8 p. m., September 8, 1899, at the surface at 137° 35 / W., 10° 57' N. ; cotype, No. 2736, U. S. F. C., same 
size, collected at same time and place. 
Bhinoscopelus corusccms, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 498 (near the Sandwich Islands); not of Richardson. 
Family SYNGNATHIDTE. The Pipe-fishes and Sea-horses. 
10. Hippocampus fisheri Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Eye 2.8 in snout; snout 2 in head; D. 18, on 4 rings; A. 4; P. 15; rings 12 + 34. 
Tail longer than head and trunk; trunk rather deep, compressed, its width 1.7 in depth; eye 
small, equal to interorbital width; interorbital space concave; gill-opening small, high; spines on head 
and body rather high, sharp; 2 rings on trunk between each pair of larger spines; tail with 3 rings 
between each pair of larger spines; coronet well developed, with 5 spines; spines over eye blunt; base 
of dorsal about equal to snout; anal small, long; pectoral broad, rays rather long. 
Color in life, trunk below middle row of rings yellowish golden, above middle row blackish brown 
on orange ground; knobs orange; lower portion of knobs on 8 to 11 rings spotted with dark brown; 
side and top of tail same as back of trunk; ventral side pale dirty orange; head, crown and snout dirty 
dark brown; an orange band across snout and one before eyes; pale brownish golden over gills; chin 
orange; iris yellowish golden with 8 reddish streaks radiating from pupil; fins. pale; a red spot before 
each eye at each side of preorbital spine. 
Color in alcohol, pale brown, upper surface with dark brown marblings; side with small roundish 
dark spots. 
The above, description is from the type, No. 50625, U. S. N. M. (field No. 03835), a specimen 2.6 
inches long, obtained at Kailua, Hawaii, where the species was new to the natives. We have 5 other 
examples, each about 3 inches long, taken from the stomach of a dolphin (CorypJuma sp.) which 
was captured at Hilo, July 18, 1901. 
When fresh, No. 03507. a male, was pink or pale cardinal along and near the keels; plates on back 
and above middle row of knobs on side mottled blackish on pale red ground; plates below r middle row 
of knobs and on belly porcelain wdiit.e; egg-pouch uniform pale cardinal-red, paler than rest of body; 
tail same pink or pale cardinal, mottled with blackish blotches; top of head and crown blackish on 
pale red; cheek, jaw, and snout pink. Some examples had ventral side of tail and portion behind 
fourth prominent spine of tail uniform pale cardinal-red. 
This species is named for Mr. Walter Y. Fisher, of Stanford University. 
We have the following specimens: 
Field 
No. 
Length. 
Locality. 
Final disposition of specimen. 
03835 
03507 
Indies. 
2. 6 
Kailua 
Hilo 
do .... 
Type, No. 50625, U. S. N. M. 
Cotype, No. 7450, L. S. .Tr. Univ. Ivins. 
Cotype, No. 2700, U. S. F. C. 
Cotype, No. 3946, Field Col. Mus. 
Cotype, No. 1687, Bishop Mus. 
Cotype, No. , M. C. Z. 
do .... 
do 
11. Hippocampus hilonis Jordan & Evermann, new species. 
Eye about 4 in snout; snout 2 in head; D. 16, on 3 rings; rings 12 + 35. Tail a little longer than 
head and trunk; trunk rather deep, compressed, its width 2 in depth; eye small, equal to interorbital 
width, which is concave, broader posteriorly; gill-opening high, rather large; spines on head and body 
very blunt, rounded, or obsolete, though forming knobs of more or less equal size along tail; coronet 
with rounded knobs, before which is a short keel or trenchant ridge; base of dorsal about 1.35 in snout. 
Color in alcohol, dark or blackish brown, more or less uniform. 
