FISHES. 
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ORDER V—LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Jaws entire; branchiae in the form of small round tufts, dis¬ 
posed in pairs along the branchial arches. 
Genus 1. — SYNGNATHU S.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character. —Body very long, slender; snout tubi- 
form and greatly produced, nearly equally thick throughout; 
mouth at the extremity, which is cylindrical and somewhat 
vertical; divested of ventral fins. 
Syngnathus acus. — The Great Pipe Fish. 
Plate LXXVI. fig. 7. 
Yellowish-brown, varied with alternate zones of a deeper 
or olive-brown; laminae radiated. Fifteen inches long. In¬ 
habits the European seas. 
Genus 2. —HIPPOCAMPUS. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. — Head provided with a tubular snout; 
trunk of the body compressed; back more elevated than the 
tail; junctions of the scales ridged, and the projecting angles 
spinous; without ventral fins; branchial opening on the neck. 
Hippocampusfoliatus. — The Australian Hippocampus. 
Plate LXXVI. fig. 8. 
Body somewhat heptagonal, with foliated appendages on the 
head, neck, back, tail, and breast; fawn-coloured, speckled with 
grayish-white; fins soft and transparent. Ten inches long. 
Inhabits the Australian coast. 
Genus 3. — SOLE NOS TOM US.— Lacepede. 
Generic Character —Jaws tubular, elongated, and narrow; 
mouth placed at the point of the snout; ventral fins large, 
placed behind the pectorals, and united into a kind of apron on 
the abdomen ; first dorsal fin elevated, and placed high, near the 
nape; the second at the origin of the tail; caudal fin large, 
pointed; branchial openings close to the throat. 
Genus 4.—PEGASUS.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character. — Snout greatly elongated and depressed, 
