674 



SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 



except the Deep-uused idi'iii. It was forwarded I))' 

 V. DuBEN to the Royal Museinn in 1845 from Bergen. 

 Baron Gyllexstiekna found it in Skelder Bay off Kul- 

 len, and handed over his speeiineiis to Nilsson, who was 

 tlic first to describe tins species. In the Sound it has 

 lieen met with by several Danish zoologists, among 

 others l)y LCtkex oft' Ilveeii. Hansen lias taken it in the 

 Cattegat oft' Lajso. It goes southward in the Atlantic 

 To the Bay of Biscay, according to Mokeau, but is rare 

 oil tile !'"rench coast. 



Tlic iiabits of the Lesser Pipefish probably resemble 

 ill tile most essential respects those of its larger con- 

 gener; 1)ut its comparatively larger fins are suggestive 

 of a more active life, and its insignificant size must 



coiujiel it to seek its food among tlie most minute 

 marine animals. Its spawning-season occurs in spring 

 and summer; from May to the middle of June Malm 

 found eggs and young in the inarsupium of the males. 

 Ill order finally to express, with tiie greatest bre- 

 vity, tiie dift'erence of form between this species and 

 its nearest two relatives in the Atlantic region, we give 

 below the most important proportions in this respect 

 of tliree specimens of equal size, a male of S. rostcl- 

 l(iti(,s from Ijoliushin, a female of .S'. (tens from the North 

 Sea, and a male of .S'. pdaginifi from the Sargasso Sea 

 (Lat. 82° N., Long. 43° W.), all tliree 1,5,5 mm. long 

 from tlie tip of the snout to the hind margin of tlic 

 caudal fin. 



Nuinber of rings on the trunk. 

 t:>ii.... 



Length of the head in % of that of the body 



Distance between the dorsal tin and the tip of the snout in ji of Ihe length of the body 



Length of the truul; behind the gill-covers in % of the length of the tail _. 



.. .. base of the dorsal tin in % of the distiinee between the dorsal tin and the tip of the snout. 



Syjigiiatkns 



„ „ , length of the head 



niddle ravs of the eandal tin in % of Ihe length of the head . 



16 



40 

 10.0 

 34.fi 

 35.5 

 40.0 

 :i5.4 

 34.5 

 1-21. s 



31.4 



20 

 44 



13.2 



86.8 

 39.0 

 42.3 

 31.C 

 29.7 

 87.S 

 24.4 



pdagkus. 



17 

 32 



13.9 



38.7 

 43.2 



51.7 



33.3 

 29.8 

 93.0 



THE DEEP-NOSED PIPEFISH (sw. kant.nAlen or tang.snallan). 

 SYMi.X.VTHUS TYPHLE. 



Plate XXIX, llg. 1. 



Siiotd lateraUii compressed ami citriqinratirclii deep. Lei/(/fh af the liead more than 15 % of tliat nf fhe hodij aiul 

 at least \'^ of that of tlie tail, which in the males is fjeiteralli/ more, in the females less, than tirire the length of 

 the trunk l>ehind the fjill-corers. Distance hetiveen the dorsal fin and the tip of the snout at least •V.'^Vz ^ of the 

 leni/fh if the l>odi/, and the leiigfJi if the liase of this fin less than ','., but mure than '/^ of this distance, and 

 <dso less than the length of the head. Hind margin of the eandal fin more or less obtuselg pointed. 



R. h, 

 Ann. 5 



2; /). 35 — 

 —57 = (17- 



iS"; A. 3; P. 13—15: C. (8) 10; Vn-t. 

 -19;) + .e. 



.^'i/iii/natliiis corporc medio lieptagono, caiida piiinata, Art., 

 Irhthyol, Spec. Pise, ji. 2; Lin., Fn. ^Sim:.. od. I. ].. 126, 

 No. 335. 



Si/ngnathns Ti/phle, Lin. (p. p.), 6'i/sl. nut., ed. X, torn. I, 

 p. 336 (xLaininie corporis triinci 18, e.nudse 36»); Donovan, 

 Brit. Fish., tab. LVI; Flmng, Brit. Anim., p. 175; Jen., 

 Man. Brit. Vert., p. 485; Y.arr., Ilisl. Brit. F,sh., od. 1, 

 vol. II, p. 332; Fr., Vet.-Akad. Hnndl. 1837, p. 28, tab. Ill, 



" 34 — 40, according to 5Iore.\u. 

 '' 38— 4G, ., ., Dav. 



fig. 2; BciXAP. (.Siphofloma. e.'; Raf.), Cat. .Uct. I'esc. Enrop., 

 p. 89; Kr., Damn. Fisl-e, vol. 3, p. 673; NiLSS. (Si/nyna- 

 tlnis), Sk-cuul. Fn., Fisl:. p. 689; SuNDEV., Stklduis L. Hush. 

 Sallsk. Hand!., H. VI, pp. 83 et 165; Mgrn (Siplwstoma). 

 Fiitl. Fisk/n. (disp. Helsingf.), p. 69; Li}ih>iTn. (Si/ngnat/in.''), 

 Gotl. L. Hush. Sallsk. Arsb. 1866, p. 24 (scp.); Gthr 

 (..Siplionostotna), Cat. Brit. Mus., Fi.^li.. vol. VIII, p. 154; 

 Coll., Forli. Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1874, Tilh-egsli., p. 190, 

 ibid. 1879, No. 1, p. 100; Winth., Natiirh. Tidskr. Kblivii, 

 ser. 3, vol. XII, p. 52; Bncke (Si/ngnathus), Fiscli., Fischer., 

 Fisrhc. 0. ir. PreH.%9., p. 189; Hcke {Siphonostoma), .\icl]. 



