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be followed, as in characters of viscera, gills, and endo- 

 skeleton. In its life habits mimicry is strongly evinced; 



Fig. 185 A. — The pipe-fish, Syngnathus acus d", L., showing abdominal pouch. 

 X I. (After GiJNTHER.) Coasts of Europe and Africa. 



the well-known genus PJiyllopteryx, whose entire body 

 surface develops pigmented appendages, is -with difficulty 

 to be distinguished from a rough-shaped seaweed. {Lopho- 

 brancJiii.) 



