2. SYNGNATHUS. 155 



or somewhat in advance of the vent. Trunk with eighteen or nine- 

 teen, tail with from thirty-three to thirty-five osseous rings. 

 Coasts of Europe. 



a-e. Adult and young. Sweden. 



f-g. Male with young and female. Bohuslan. Presented by Hr. 

 A. W. Malm. 



h. Several adult and half-grown specimens : dried. Scotland. Pur- 

 chased of Dr. Parncll. 



i-k. Adult : stuffed. England. 



l-m. Male and female. Dorsetshire. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



n-p. Adult and half-grown. Gibraltar. Presented by P. L. Sclater, 

 Esq. 



q. Adult. South Europe. Presented by R. B. Webb, Esq. 



r. Adult. Nice. Purchased. 



s, t, u-v, tv-.v. Adult and half-grown. Mediterranean. 



I/. Adult. Named " S. pr/rois" by Dr. Kaup. 



z. Adult. Named "yS^. ar^ewtaiws" by Dr. Kaup. 



a-y. Adult and half-grown. Black Sea. From Mr. Millingcn's Col- 

 lection. 



(5, e-^. Half-grown. 



2. Siphonostoma rotundatum. 



Syngnathus rotundatus, Michahelles, Isis, 1829,- p. 1014. 

 Siphonostomus rotundatus, {£o?iap.) Kaup, Lophobr. p. 51 . 



D. 32. Snout compressed, not so deep as the head, and twice as 

 long as the remaining portion of the head, or even longer. Origin 

 of the dorsal fin slightly in advance of the vent. Trunk with twenty, 

 tail with thirty-four osseous rings. 



Mediterranean. 



a. Adult male. Named " S. rotundatus^' by Dr. Kaup. 



Beside this specimen, the British Museum does nut possess ano- 

 ther at present, although Dr. Kaup speaks of numerous examples 

 presented by Michahelles, who never gave an example to a British 

 collection. "With regard to the species, it may prove to be another 

 variety of S. typhle ; but having one example only, I cannot give so 

 positive an opinion as in the case of S. pyrois, argentatus, &c. 



2. SYNGNATHUS*. 



Syngnathus, sp., Artedi. 



Syngnathus, Corythoichthys, Trachyrhamphus, et Halicampus, Kaup. 



* 1. Syngnathus brachyrhynchus, Kaup, Lophobr. p. 42. — Bourbon. — Said to 

 be very similar to »S'. acus. 



2. sundaicua, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Trosk. p. 21. — Java. — De- 

 scribed from a figure. 



3. Corythoichthys vittatus, Kaup, Lophobr. p. 26. — Brazil. — D. 20. Osae- 



ous rings 17+37. Operculum? 



4. Syngnathus fucicola, Bennett, Proc. Conon. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 5. — Pinni?; 



pectoralibus, dor.salibus,analibusctcaudalibus pra^ditus; scut is dors. 14, 



