442 SYNGNATHIDE, 



LOPHOBRANCH1I. SYNGNATHIDE. 



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THE ^QUOREAL PIPE-FISH. 



Syngnathus <equoreus, LINNSUS. 



,, ,, JEquoreat Pipe-fish, MONTAGU, Wern. Mem. vol. i. p. 85, 



pl- 4, fig. 1. 



, ,, ,, ,, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 188. 



,, ,, ,, ,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 176, sp. 38. 



,, ,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 486, 



sp. 174. 



Characters. The species belonging to the second division of the genus 

 Syngnathus have a dorsal fin only ; no pectoral, ventral, anal, or true caudal 

 fins; the latter being only rudimentary in the first two species, and entirely 

 wanting in the other two ; no sub-caudal pouch in either sex. 



OF this division the British shores produce four species, 

 the largest of which, the jEquoreal Pipe-fish, was described 

 at length by Colonel Montagu from two specimens obtained 

 on the Devonshire coast. It had been noticed as long ago 

 as 1684 by Sir Robert Sibbald, in his Scotia Illustrata, 

 part ii. book 3, page 24, who attributes to it a length of 

 two feet. 



Of this species I have not succeeded in taking any exam- 

 ple ; but I possess four, for one of which I am indebted to the 

 kindness of Mr. Embleton, of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 



