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SYNGNATHID^:. 



Mr. Couch, it appears, has not seen more than two or 

 three specimens ; but the Cornish fishermen say they find 

 this species from ten to fifteen leagues from land, and in fine 

 weather swimming at the surface over a depth of fifty fathoms 

 or more. This species has also been taken on the south-west 

 coast of Scotland, in Ireland, and at the Isle of Man. 



Examples of this species being rare, the sexual peculiarities 

 of this division of the Syngnathi will be explained when 

 describing the next species. 



The vignette below represents the head and tail of this 

 species on a larger scale. 



