FISHES OF TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE BASIN. 
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126. Siphostoma louisianse (Gunther). Louisiana Pipefish. A specimen 6 inches long from Galves- 
ton Bay, a smaller one from Dickinson Bayou in brackish water, and another small one from 
Corpus Christi. 
127. Siphostoma fuscum (Storer). Common Pipefish. Eleven specimens from Corpus Christi, 
measurements and other data of which are given in the following table. If this identifica- 
tion be correct the known range of this common species of pipefish is considerably extended 
to the southward. 
XXV. — MUGILIDAE. THE MULLETS. 
128. Mugil cephalus L. Striped Mullet. St. Joseph Island, Indianola, Brazos Santiago, Brazos, and 
Galveston (as Mugil berlandieri types, Girard, 1859, pi. x, figs. 1-4). Galveston (as Mugil 
albula, Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Common both at Galveston and Corpus Christi. 
XXVI. — ATHERINID^j. THE SILVERSIDES. 
129. Labidesthes sicculus (Cope). Skipjack. This fish has been found in Texas only in Long Lake 
near Magnolia Point, where we found seven specimens. 
130. Menidia vagrans (Goode & Bean). Silverside. Galveston (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). 
131. Menidia peninsulae (Goode & Bean). Silverside. This species was obtained by us at Corpus 
Christi, Galveston, and Dickinson Bayou. Seventeen specimens from Corpus Christi give 
the following measurements : 
Head. 
Depth. 
Eye. 
Dorsal. 
Anal. 
Scales. 
4 1 
5 
3 
IV-1, 8 
1-16 
38 
4 
5 
3 
IV-1, 8 
1-16 
38 
4 
5 
3 
V-1,8 
1-15 
4 
5 
3 
IV-1, 9 
1-15 
38 
4 
5 
3 
IV-1, 9 
1-17 
38 
4 
5£ 
3 
IV-1, 9 
1-17 
38 
4 
5 
3 
?-1.8 
1-16 
38 
4 
5 
3 
IV-1, 9 
1-17 
38 
4 
5 
3 
IV-1, 9 
1-17 
38 
4 
5 
3 
IV-1, 9 
-■ 1-15 
38 
4 
5 
3 
?-l, 9 
1-15 
36 
4 
5 
3 
V-], 8 
1-15 
4 
5| 
3 
.V-l, 8 
1-12? 
38 
4 
5 
3 
v-i',9 
1-15 
35 
4£ 
! 4 i 
3 
V-1,8 
1-15 
36 or 37 
4 
4i 
3 
V-l, 8 
1-16 
39 
4 
5 
3 
V-l, 9 
1-17 
38 
