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THE ADRIATIC GULF. 



333. SIPHONOSTOMA ROTUNDATUM, 



Michah. 

 Der abgerundete Nadelfisch. 

 Habit. Venice ; rare ; eight inches in length. 

 Season. March, August. 



Gen. II. Syngnathus, Art. 



334. SYNGNATHUS ACUS, L. 

 Syngnathus tenuirostris, Rath. 



The Great Pipe-fish or Needle-fish, Tangle- 

 fish. 

 Signato tenuirostre (It.). 

 Vulg., Pesce ago ( Ven.). 

 Croat., silo, generic. 

 Habit. General and common ; sixteen inches in 



length. 

 Season. Summer. 



3 3 5 . £ YNGNA THUS R UBESCENS, Risso. 

 Signato rossastro (Tt.). 



Habit. General and common. 



Season. March, May, September. 



Note. Dr. Giinther holds this sp. to be synony- 

 mous with No. 334 ; attains to twelve inches 

 in length. 



336. SYNGNATHUS T^ENIONOTUS, Can. 

 Signato fasciato (It.). 



Habit. Confined to the Venetian lagoons. 



337. SYNGNATHUS AB ASTER, Risso. 

 Signato cristato (It.). 



Habit. Venice ; rare ; attains to five inches in 



length. 

 Season. May, August. 



338. SYNGNATHUS AGASSIZII, Michah. 

 Syngnathus murama, Kaitp. 



Signato dell' Agassiz (77.). 

 Habit. Venice ; rare ; six inches in length. 

 Season. July to September. 



339. SYNGNATHUS BREVIROSTRIS, 



H. & E. 

 Signato brevirostre (It.). 

 Habit. General and common ; length, five to 

 six inches. 



Gen. III. Nerophis, Kaup. 



340. NEROPHIS O PHI DION, Kaup. 

 Syngnathus ophidion, L. 



The Straight-nosed Pipe-fish. 



Nerofide cristata (77.). 

 Habit. Has a southern extension ; Spalato, 

 Dalmatia ; rare ; length, seven to eight inches. 

 Season. May. 



341. NEROPHIS PAP ACINUS, Risso. 

 N. maculata, Raff. 



Nerofide macchiata (It.). 

 Habit. Rarer than No. 340 ; Trieste, Spalato ; 



length, eleven to twelve inches. 

 Season. Summer. 



Gen. IV. Hippocampus, Cuv. 



342. HIPPOCAMPUS BREVIROSTRIS, 



Cuv. 

 Hippocampus antiquorum, Leach. 

 The Sea-horse, Short-snouted Hippo- 

 campus. 

 Cheval marin. 

 Das Seepferdchen. 

 Pferdeformiger Nadelfisch. 

 Hippocampo brevirostre (It.). 

 Vulg., Caval marin (Tr., Ven.). 

 Cavalo storno ( Ven.). 

 Caval di mar (Fhane). 

 Croat., Konj morski, Konj odmora(Cm77. 

 littoral), Konjic morski (Spalato). 

 Habit. General, and common at Trieste ; length, 



six inches ; rare at Spalato. 

 Season. Summer. 

 Quality, o. 



343. HIPPOCAMPUS GUTTULATUS, 



Cuv. 

 Hippocampo comune (It.). 

 Vulg. As No. 342. 

 Croat. As No. 342. 

 Habit. General, and more common than No. 

 342. 



