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HIPPOCAMPUS. 



Lophobranchii. Syngathidce. 



There is only one British species, the Short-nosed 

 Hippocampus (Sea Horse, or Hippocampus brevirostris ; 

 German : Seepferdchen ; French : Hippocampe). Speci- 

 mens have been foimd, chiefly in the sonth of England ; 

 at Guernsey, and the other Channel Islands. 



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HIPPOCAMPUS. 



Mr. John Keast Lord, when reporting on two speci- 

 mens of hippocampus sent to the office, thus writes in 

 Land and Water : — 



" Onl}' one species of hippocampus [H. brevirostris) 

 has been taken on our British coasts. The hippo- 

 campus is best known in its di'ied condition, exliibited 

 in cabinets, as a ' wonderful sea-horse,' the head bear- 

 ing some fanciful resemblance to that of a horse, and 

 the tail to that of the fabled dragon. Seen in its native 

 element, however, this horse-like appearance vanishes, 

 and the di-agon-like tail is found to be an admirable 



