438 



SYNGNATHID.E. 



tail, tapering, slender, and quadrangular, with a series of 

 forty-four plates ; the pectoral fins are small ; the dorsal fin 

 commences at two-fifths of the whole length of the fish, and 

 in a vertical line rather before the anal aperture ; the longest 

 rays not equal in height to the depth of the body ; the anal 

 fin very small ; the tail rounded and fan-shaped. 

 The fin-rays in number are 



D. 40 : P. 12 : A. 4 : C. 10. 



The prevailing colour is pale brown, transversely barred 

 with darker brown. 



The vignette below represents the head and tail of the 

 Great Pipe-fish from a larger specimen than that which is 

 figured entire. 



This species appears to be common on the shores of the 

 British Islands generally. 



