. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 154 BULLETIN 189, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM part of body quadrate in cross section; ridge along middle of side interrupted over vent, resumed higher up and running into lateral dorsal ridge posterior to base of dorsal; lateral dorsal ridge of trunk ending somewhere under posterior half of dorsal base; body ridges all rather sharp; snout robust, much shorter than rest of head, with a sharp median ridge, ending somewhere between the eyes, resumed as a lower ridge on head behind eyes, length of snout to in head; postorbital part of
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 154 BULLETIN 189, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM part of body quadrate in cross section; ridge along middle of side interrupted over vent, resumed higher up and running into lateral dorsal ridge posterior to base of dorsal; lateral dorsal ridge of trunk ending somewhere under posterior half of dorsal base; body ridges all rather sharp; snout robust, much shorter than rest of head, with a sharp median ridge, ending somewhere between the eyes, resumed as a lower ridge on head behind eyes, length of snout to in head; postorbital part of head to ; eye to , or to in snout; interorbital very narrow to ; opercle anteriorly with a very low ridge, with low somewhat broken radiating linelike ridges; egg pouch on 18 caudal rings (16 in smallest specimen, pos- sibly not fully developed); dorsal over % to % body ring, and 3^ to 4K caudal rings, its base to in head, to in length; caudal broadly convex; anal rather small, but plainly evident, with two to four rays more or less developed; pectoral short, and broadly rounded, to in !.' I I f I I I I I I I I I A Figure 34.—Syngnathus independencia, new species. From the type 127 mm. long, Independencia Bay, Peru ( No. 127853). Inserts: A, Diagram showing shape and proportions; B, cross section of sixth body ring; C, cross section of twenty-second caudal ring. General color brownish gray, somewhat paler below than above, with about 12 to 14 dark rings, most distinct on back, 3 to 5 of these on trunk; body everywhere with light grayish spots tending to form series along the body ridges, those of the median lateral ridge and those of the lateral ventral ridge tending to connect to form light half-bars on lower part of trunk; the light spots more distinct in some specimens than in others; membranes of pouch with small pearl-gray dots; radiating dark lines on iris, and an ir
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