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(together with ]\I. eJongaiuin) are known from the Norwegian Sea, but 

 most of the species belonging to this genus are warm -water forms. 

 M. rafinesquei is shown in Fig. 461. Several genera belonging to the 

 Scopeliclae are recorded in the list of bottom-fishes, Bathysanriis, 



Fig. 461. 

 Mycfophtivi (Diapkiis) rafinesquei, Cocco. Nat. size, 7 cm. 



BatJiypterois, etc., which will probably prove to be bathypelagic forms, but 

 the present state of our knowledge renders this merely a conjecture. Of 

 interest is the remarkable iormOinosudis /ozvez taken on a long line between 

 the Canaries and the Azores (Station 49 ; see Fig. 462). This sub-order 



Fig. 462. 

 Omosudis lowei, Glinth. Nat. size, 15 cm. 



includes the Cetomimidae, one genus of which was previously known 

 and one was discovered by us ; both genera contain blind forms (see 

 Chapter X.). 



The sub-order Catosteomi contains the Syngnathidae, the needle-fish 



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Fig. 463. 

 Syngnathus pelagiciis, Osbeci<. Nat. size, 12 cm. 



and the pipe-fish. The pipe-fishes {Siphonostonia typhle and SyiignatJius 

 acus) are common along the coasts of Northern Europe. Of the needle- 

 shaped species, SyngnatJius pelagicus (see Fig. 463) is a typical Sargasso 

 form (see Plate V. Chapter X.), while Neropliis cequoreus lives mainly in 

 the north-eastern part of the Atlantic, where it occurs in all the hauls 



