Class IV. LITTLE PIPE. 141 



we have been informed, that the Syngathus Hippo- 

 campus of Linnaeus, or what the Englijh improperly 

 call the fea horfe, has been found on the fouthem 

 fhores of this kingdom. 



Acui Ariftotelis congener pif- toralibus caudaque carens. 62. Little, 



ciculus, pueris Cornubien- Arted. fynon. 2. 



fibus Sea Adder, Acus Lum- Syngnathusophidion. Lin.fyji, 



briciformis, aut Serpenti- 4*7« 



num. Wil. Itth. 160. Rati Hafsnahl, Tangfnipa. Fauu, 



Jyn. pifc. Suec, No. 375. 

 Syngnathus teres, pinnis pec- 



THE little pipe fifh feldom exceeds five inches 

 in length, is very (lender, and tapers off to 

 a point. It wants both the pectoral and tail fins ; 

 is covered with a fmooth fkin, not with a crufl: as 

 the two former kinds are. 



The nofe is fhort and turns a little up ; the eyes 

 prominent. 



On the back is one narrow fin. 



This fpecies is not viviparous : on the belly of 

 the female is a long hollow, to which adhere the 

 eggs, difpofed in two or three rows. They are 

 large, and not numerous. 



The fynonym of Serpent is ufed in feveral lan- 

 guages to exprefs thefe fifh : the French call one 

 fpecies Orueul, from a fort of fnake not unlike the 

 blindworm : the Germans call it Meherfchlange •> 

 and the Cornijh^ the fea adder. 



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