i). NEltOPIIIS. lit] 



1 . Nerophis aequoreus. 



Sihhahl, Scot. Illustr. ii. p. 24, tab. 19. 



Syiio;nathus asquoreus, Li/m. Si/.st. Nat. i. p. 417; Muiit. Werner. 



Mem. i. p. 85, tab. 4. fig. 1; FhmitK/, Brit. An. p. 176; Jenyns, 



Man. p. 48r) ( J ) ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2ikI edit. ii. p. 442, and'Srd 



edit. ii. p. 'iOQ;' Fries, Vet. Akad. Ilandl. 1837, p. 3.5, or Wiegm. 



Arch. 1838, p. 24(i, tab. G. fig. 3; Barnell, Werne): Mem. vii. 



p. 308 ; Kroi/er, Damn. Fisk. iii. p. 705. 

 Pipe Fish, Pennant, Brit. Zuol. iii. pi. 23. fig. 61 (not descript.). 

 Sjngiiathus sibbaldi, fValhaum, Artedi, iii. p. 6. 

 angiuiu'U:^, Jenyns, Cat. Brit. J'ert. p. 30 j Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 



2nd edit. ii. p. 445, 3rd edit. ii. p. 414. 

 opbidiou, Joiijns, Man. p. 487 ( d ) ; Parnell, Werner. Mem. vii. 



p. 399. 

 Scypbiu.s requoreus, Niks. Skand. Faun. Fisk. ]i. 692. 

 Neropliis ajquoreus, Kaup, Lophobr. p. 66. 



anguineus, Kaup, I. c. p. 65. 



Ocean Pipe-fish, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 356, pi. 240. 

 Snake Pipe-fish, Couch, I. c. p. 359, with fig. 



D. 38-44. Caudal fin rudimentary, very indistinct. Vent oppo- 

 site to the posterior third of the dorsal fin, before the middle of the 

 total length. Snout equal to, or rather longer than, the remaining 

 part of the head. Body with from 28 to 30 osseous rings. The 

 length of the head is contained thrice and two-thirds to four times 

 and one-half in its distance from the vent. All the shields smooth. 



Northern and western coasts of Europe ; New Orleans. 



a. Adult : dried. Flemsoe (Norway). Presented by Mr. 11. 



Spindler. 



b. Adidt. Bohusliin. Presented by Hr. A. W. Malm. 

 c-d. Young. North Atlantic. 



e. Adidt : skin. Holland. From Gronow's Collection. 

 /. Adult. Great Britain. Presented by Dr. Johnson. 

 r/-/i-. Adult : dried. England. 



I-n. Adult and half-grown. South Devon. Museum Leach. 

 0. Adult. Dorsetshire. From YarreU's Collection. 

 p. Fine specimen. Guernsey. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 

 q. Young. Atlantic, north of the Azores. From Mr. J. T. Rouse's 

 Collection. 



f. Half-grown. Atlantic. From M. Salle's Collection. 

 s-t. Half-grown. New Orleans. 



M, V, tv-y. Adult and young. 



2. Nerophis dumerilii. 



Nerophis dumerilii, Steindachner, Sitzqsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1868, 

 Ivii. p. 1002. 



D. 37. Caudal fin rudimentary, six-raj'ed. The dorsal fin com- 

 mences behind the twentieth ring, and stands on ten rings, three of 

 which belong to the tail. Snout half as long as the head. An ob- 

 tuse ridge above the operculum, continued to tho hind margin of the 

 orbit. Forehead concave. Tail twice as long as the trunk. {Steind.) 



Bombav. 



