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SUB-CLASS (and ORDER) TELEOSTEI. 



A. Tail not prehensile, generally with caudal fin. Pipe-fishes. 

 Siphonostoma Kaup ; S. typhle L. coasts of Evir. Syngnathus 

 Art. ; S. acus L. gi'eater pipe-fish. Doryichthys. Nerophis Kaup., 

 eggs glued to abdomen, no folds of skin ; N. aequoreus L. ocean 

 pipe-fish, N. ophidion L. straight-nosed pipe-fish, N. lumbrici- 

 formis Yarr. little pipe-fish cominon on British coasts ; Protocampus, 



- Ichthyocampus, Nannocampus, Urocampus, Leptoichthys, Coelonotits, 

 Stigmatophora. 



B. Tail prehensile, without caudal fin. Sea-horses. Gastrofokeus, 

 Solenognathus. Phyllopteryx Swainson, provided with prominent 

 spines on the edge of the body, some with cutaneous filaments 

 giving them a close resemblance to the seaweed which they frequent ; 

 Hippocampus Raf. sea-horse (Fig. 126), H. antiquorum Leach, Brit. 

 seas, etc. 



D. HYPOSTOMIDES. 



With one Fam. 48. Pegasidae, Body entirely covered with bony 

 plates ; preoperculum and syrnplectie absent ; the pectorals are broad 



Fig. 127. — Exocoetus rondeUtii (after Cuv. and Vah., Irom Claus). , 



and horizontal ; and the upper part of the snout is produced into a pro- 

 cess ; withovit air-bladder and pseudo branch. Small fishes living in 

 sandy shoal-places near the coast. Indian Ocean, Chinese and Australian 

 coasts. Pegasus draco and volans. 



Suborder 8. PERCESOCES (MUGILIFORMES). 



Air-bladder, if present, without open duct. Parietals separated 

 by supraoccipital. Pectoral arch suspended from skull, no 

 mesocoracoid. Pelvic fins, if present, often with 1 spine and 5 

 rays ; pelvic bones not attached to shoulder girdle. Connects 

 the Haplomi with the Acanthopterygii. 



Fam. 49. Scombresocidae. Body covered with scales ; a series 



