154 SYNGNATHIDJE. 



IV. Body compressed ; occiput compi-essed into a crest. 



Occipital crest without coronet 14. Acentromura, p. I'JS. 



Occipital crest with a coronet 15. IIirpocAMrus, p. 198. 



First Group. SYKGKATHINA. 

 Tail not prehensile, generally vnth a caudal fin. 



1. SIPHONOSTOMA. 



Siphonostomus, Kaup, Lophohr. p. 48. 



Body not dilated, with distinct edges ; the upper caudal edge con- 

 tinuous with the lateral line, but not with the dorsal edge of the 

 trunk. Pectoral and caudal fins well developed ; dorsal fin of mode- 

 derate length, opposite to the vent. Humeral bones moveable, not 

 united into a breast-ring. Males with an egg-i)ouch on the tail, the 

 eggs being covered by cutaneous folds. 



Coasts of Europe. 



1. Siphonostoma typhle. 



Acus aristotelis, JVil!u(/hl>i/, p. 158, tab. i. 25. fig. 1 ; Salvian, fol. 08. 



pi. P. vii. 

 Typlilo marina, Bellon. De Aquat. p. 446. 

 Synguatlius, sp., Artedi, Synon. p. 1. no. 2; Gen. p. 1. no. 4; Spec. 



p. 2. no. 2. 

 Sjmgnathus typlile, L. >Si/sf. Nat. i. p. 416 ; Dunov. Brit. Fish. iii. 



pi. 56 ; Tnrton, Brit. Finm. iii. p. 116 ; Fkm. Brit. An. p. 175 ; 



Jenyris, Man. p. 485 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. ii. p. 332, 2nd edit. ii. 



p. 439, 3rd edit. ii. p. 40(5 ; Panicll, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 396 ; 



Fries, Wieym. Arch. 1838, p. 241, tab. 6. fig. 2; Risso, Ichth. Nice, 



p. 62, and Eur. 3Ierid. iii. p. 178 ; 3Ialmf/ren, Wieqin. Arch. 1864, 



p. 343. 

 rondeletii, De la Roche, Ann. Mtis. xiii. 1809, p. 324, pi. 21. 



fig. 5. 



viridis, i?«W), Ichth. Nice. p. 65, and Fur. Merid. iii. p. 179. 



pelagicus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 63. 



pyrois, Risso, Fur. Merid. iii. p. 180. 



acus, Ehsfriinu Fische v. Aforko, p. 123, tab. 6. figs. 1, 2. 



. rhynclueniis, MichahcUes, Ms, 1829, p. 1014. 



argentatiis, Pallas, Zootjr. Ross. -As. iii. p. 120 ; Rathle, Mem. 



Ac. Sc. Petersh. Sav. ctrang. iii. p. 31(i, pi. 2. figs. 5 & G ; Nordm. 



in Dimid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 539, pi. ;'>2. fig. 1. 



ponticiis, Pallas, I. c. p. 118. 



typbloides, Benn. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 92. 



Siphonostomus pyrois, (Bo-nap.) Kaup, Lophohr. p. 48. 



lyplile, (Bonap.) Kaup, I. c. p. 49. 



rondeletii, (Bonap.) Kaup, I. c. p. 50. 



argentatus, Kaup, I. c. 



Broad-nosed Pipe-fish, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 355, pi. 239. 



I). 31-39. Snout compressed, as deep, or nearly as deep, as the 

 head, and not quite twice as long, or nearly twice as long, as the 

 remaining portion of the head. Origin of the dorsal fin opposite to 



