66S 



SCANDINAVIAN FISUKS. 



pc.-itcd s('\cr;il times, hiiT butli the iiuilc .-iiid tlie try loosel\' jiiiii('(l tu eacli utlier at tlie middle of tlir l)fll\-; 



iiixMriiilily bidiaved in tlu; same manner. wliile in Si/iif/t/aflnis tlic}' are firmly coalescent, and 



As the genus is defined in the abo^e di;i^nosi.s, it their juncture is usually covered by the first ventral 



coiitMins six of Kaui's" and nr.Miciiii.'s'' genera, two plate, whicii is always wanting in Siiil/diinstun/ii. this 



of whicii, SiphonostijiiHi and Si/)/(/iiiitlnts, are retained j genus thus having an oljlong, I'homboidal patch, cu- 



by Gr'XTiiEii'. The distinction between these two genera vered only with skin and without yjlate, at the middle 



is stated to consist in the character that in Siphonostoma ; of the belly just behind the shouldei'-girdle. The dif- 



the lower (-overiiig plates of the shoulder-girdle (the ' fereuce is of little importance, at least in the Scandi- 



lowest i>air of lateral i)lates in the lirst ring) are only na\ian fauna, which contains only three of these species. 



THE GREAT PIPEFISH (s\v. stoka tangsnallan''). 



SYNGXATHrS ACl'S. 



Fig-. 172. 



Siioiit coiupurKf/rrli/ iiinrinr and shallo/i-. Lciiiith nf the liau] less fliaii 14 % of that af flic IkkIi/ mul ut must 

 :J4 % of tJidt of till- tail, irliicli is iiioic tlioii firi<i- tlir Iriii/tli of tlir trttiik. ])ist(nirc licfiri'ci/ the dorsal fill and 

 the tij, of Ihr siioiit at most :',<.) % of tlir Inii/tli of tlir liodi/, and tlir Iriii/tli of its hasc less flnin ' , of this 

 distance and also less than the leiii/fh of the lirad. Len/ith of the inarsiipiiini of the male more than firire that 

 of the head. Hind mari/in of the candid tin ronnded. 



I^MMIi 



Tf" 



■Si/nt/nntlius nciis from tin- Great Fisliiiig-bunk. S. W, of Bergen, wlicrc tlie depth wa.-^ 100 — l.'iO fathoms, taken Ir 

 .\ndersson of Bohiislan in 1874. A, '„ of the natural size; U, the liead seen from bekiw. natural size. 



R. Ijr. 2; /'. 38-42; A. 3—4; P. (10) 11—12 (13); C. (0) 

 10; Verl. (jfi; Ami. Ii2 - -GG = (20 — 22) + ,r. 



Sijn. ■'•<i/ngn(iltiuf corjiorc merlio heptagono, camla piniiata, Am-., 

 Irhlln/oL, .Spec. Pi.^c. p. 3, No. 3; LiN., Fii. >Siuv., e.l. I, 

 p. 12G, No. 33li. 

 iiyngiiathu.i Aciis (p. p.), Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. X, tom. I, p. 

 337; ("Laminse corporis trnnci 20, canda? 43"); Bl., Fisch. 

 DeiitsM., pt. Ill, p. 113, tab. XCI, f5g. 2: Flwng, Brit. 

 Am'm., p. 17.5; Jkn., Maji. Biit. V'ert., p. 484; Yakr., 

 Nist. lirit. Fish., ed. 1, vol. II, p. 325; Fr., Vot. Akad. 

 Handl. 1837, p. 27; Kr. (Sipliostoma), Damn. Fistce, vol. 

 Ill, I, p. 692; SUND. (^Sijngnatlius), Ofvors. Vet. Akad. 

 Forh. 1852, p. 85; NiLSS., ^Icand. Fa., Fislc.., p. 684; Kp., 

 Cat. Lophobr. FL-ili., Brit. Mtis., p. 41; Gthb (p. p.), Cat. 



Brit. Mas., FisI,., vol. VIII, p. 157; Ui:si., ///.v(. .V'l/. /'»/ss. 

 (Nonv. Suit, a Buft'.), torn. II, p. 552; Coll. (p. p.), Vid. 

 Selsk. B'urli. Christ. 1874, Till.-egsh., p. 200; ibid. 187'.'. 

 No. 1, p. 101; WiNTH., Naturh. Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 3, vol. 

 XII, p. 53: HcKK (p. p.), Arcli. f. Natnrg. 4fi (1880), I, 

 p. 332; MoR., Hist. iVat. Pois.". Fr.. tom. II, p. 42; Day 

 (p. p.), Fish. Gt. Brit., Irel., vol. II, p. 259, tab. CXLIV, 

 tig. 1; Storm, Vid. Selsk. Skr. Trondhj. 1883, p. 42; Lill.i.. 

 -Si;., Norg. Fisk., vol. Ill, p. 454. 

 .Si/ngnalhus Typlile, Bl., Fi.-nli. Deiitsih/., j.t. Ill, p. 112, 

 tab. XCI, fig. 1; Malm (p. i).), Ofvers. Vet. Akad. Forli. 

 1852, p. 84. 



0/js. Ain'Eurs description U'escr. Spec. Pisc, 1. c.) leaves no 

 room for doubt tliat he really distinguislicd between tlie two species 



" Cat. Lophobr. Fiish., Brit. Mas. 1856. 



'' Hist. N'at. Poiss., tome II (Nouv. Suites a Bufion, Paris 1870). 



' Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. VIII, pp. 154 and 155. 



■' FBI us. 



