2. 8YN0NATHUS. 157 



a-d. Half-gro-mi and young. South Europe. Presented by R. B. 



Webb, Esq. 

 e-f. Half-grown (males). Cosscir (?). Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



2. Syngnathus peckianus. 



Syngnathus tj-phle, Mitch. Lit. A'- Phil. Tram. Xeiv York, i. p. 475. 

 peckianus, IStorer, Report, p. 10-"), and Synopsis Fish. A\ Amer. 



p. 41)0 ; Ayres, Host. Jount. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 282 ; IStorer, Mem. Am. 



Acad. viii. p. 412, pi. 33. fig. 3. 



fuscus, Storer, RepoH, p. 102. 



Syngnathus fasciatus, Dekay, New York Faun. Fish. p. 319, pi. 54. 



fig. 174. 

 viridesceus, Dekay, I. c. p. 321, pi. 54. fig. 176. 



D. 40-45. Osseous rings 19+40. 



The high dorsal fin occupies nine or ten rings, four or Jive of which 

 belong to the hody. Snout as long as the remaining part of the head. 

 Tail one-half longer than the body. Twelve or thirteen dark cross 

 bands on the body and tail. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



a. Young. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 

 3. Syngnathus acns. 



Great Pipe Fish ; Tangle-Fish. 



Acus 2'*'' species, Rondel, viii. c. 4. p. 229 ; Aldrovaiid. i. c. 22. 



p. lOr,. 

 Svngnatlms, sp., Artedi, Synon. p. 2. no. 3; Gen. p. 1. no. 3; Spec. 



"p. 3. no. 3. 

 Sjaignathus acus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 416 ; Bl. tab. 01. fig. 2; Lacep, 



ii. p. 39, pi. 2. fig. 1 ; Bl. Schn. p. 414 ; MichaheUes, Isis, 1829, 



p. 1012; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 116; Flem. Brit. An. p. 175; 



Jenijnx, Man. p. 484; Yarrell, Brit. Fi.sh. ii. p. 325, 2nd edit. ii. 



p. 432, 3rd edit. ii. p. 400; Fries, Wieym. Arch. 1838, p. 239; 



Parnell, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 394 ; Kaup, Lophohr. p. 41. 



typhle, Bluch, tab. 91. fig. 1 ; Bl. Schn. p. 414. 



variegatus, Pall. Zouyr. lioss.-As. iii. p. 119; Rathke, Mem. Ac. 



Sc. Petcrsh. Sar. etrany. iii. p. 315, pi. 2. figs. 7 & 8 ; Nordm. in 



Demid. Toy. Riiss. Merid. iii. p. 541 ; Kaup, Lophchr. p. 42. 

 pelagieus, Donov. Brit. Fish. iii. pi. 58; Turton, Brit. Faun. 



p. 11" ; Flcminy, Brit. An. p. 176; Jenyns, Man. p. 486. 

 nibescens, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 66, and Fur. Merid. iii. p. 180 ; 



Kaup, Lophohr. p. J-l. 



fen-ugiueus, MichaheUes, in Isis, 1820, p. 1013. 



agassizi, Kaup, I. c. p. 38 (young) (not MichaheUes). 



tenuirostris, Rathke, Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Pctersh. Sav. etrany. iii. 



p. 313, pi. 2. figs. 11 & 12 (head) ; Kordm. I. c. p. 541, pi. 32. fig. 2 ; 



Kaup, Lophobr. p. 44. 

 bucculeutus, Rathke, Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Petersh. Sav. etranq. iii. 



p. 317, pi. 2. figs. 9 & 10; Xordmann, I. c. p. 642, pi. 32. tig. 3 



(young). 



brevirostris, Kaup, Lophohr. p. 37 (young). 



cuvieri, Kaup, I. c. p. 38 (young). 



delalandi, Kaup, I. e. p. 46. 



