2. SYNOKATHUS, 157 



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



Webb, Esq. 

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



2. Syngnathus peckianus. 



Syngnathus t^-phle, Mitch. Lit. i^- Phil. Trans. New York, i. p. 475. 

 peckianus, Storcr, Beport, p. 163, and Synopsis Fish. N. Anier. 



p. 490 ; Ay res, Bost. Jouni. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 282 ; St'Orer, Man. Am. 



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



fuscus, Storer, Beport, p. 162. 



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



fig. 174. 



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



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



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

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

 Tail one-half longer than the bpdy. 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 acus. 



Great Pipe Fish ; Tangle-Fish. 



Acus 2^^ species, Bondcl. viii. c. 4. p. 229 ; Aldrovand. i. c. 22. 



p. 105. 

 Syngnathus, sp., AHedi, Synon. p. 2. no. 3; Gen. p. 1. no. 3; S^ec. 



p. 3. no. 3. 

 Syngnathus acus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 416 ; Bl. tab. 91. fig. 2 ; LacSp. 



ii. p. 39, pi. 2. fig. 1 ; Bl. Sckn. p. 414 ; Michahelles, Isis, 1829, 



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



Jeyiyns, Man. p. 484; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. ii. p. 325, 2nd edit. ii. 



p. 4;32, 3rd edit. ii. p. 400; Fries, Wiegm. Arch. 1838, p. 239; 



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



typble, Bloch, tab. 91. fig. 1 ; Bl. Schn. p. 414. 



variegatus. Pall. Zoogr. Boss.- As. iii. p. 119; Bathke, Mem. Ac. 



Sc. Petersb. Sar etrang. iii. p. 315, pi. 2 fi-^s. 7 & 8 ; Nordm. in 



Demid. Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 541 ; Kaup, Lophobr. p. 42. 



pelagicus, Donov. Brit. Fish. iii. pi. 58; Ttirton, Brit. Faun. 



p. 117 ; Fleming, Brit. An. p. 176 ; Jenyns, Man. p. 486. 



rubescens, Bisso, Lchth. Nice, p. 66, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 180 ; 



Kaup, Lophobr. p. 43. 



ferrugineus, Michahelles, in Lsis, 1829, p. 1013. 



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



tenuirostris, Bathke, Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. Sav, etrang. iii. 



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



Kaup, Lophobr. p. 44. 

 bucculentus, Bathke, Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. Sav. etrang. iii. 



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



(young). 



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



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



delalandi, Kaup, I. c. p. 45. 



