396 REPORT—1840. 
guilla acutirostris, A. latirostris and A. Conger are common 
and in suitable localities, especially the first and last generally- 
distributed species. Of the A. acutirostris there are several va- 
luable fisheries in Ireland. A. mediorostris is marked with 
doubt from a want of accordance in the one osteological 
character of the specimen examined with that attributed to 
the species; in every other character and in habit examples 
taken in the North of Ireland agree with it. Leptocephalus 
Morrissit has, in a few instances, been taken on the north- 
eastern, southern and western coasts. Templeton notices 
the Ophidium imberbe of Pennant as once obtained by him. 
Ammodytes Lancea is common on sandy coasts around the 
island; A. Tobianus has only as yet been recognised on the 
Down coast, where it is well known. 
LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Order 3.—OsTEODERMI. 
Fam. Syngnathide. 
Ireland. Great Britain. 
Syngnathus Acus, DL. 
ss Typhle, Z. 
5 zequoreus, L. 
~ anguineus, Jenyns (“S. 
Ophidion, Boch.) f 
0 
+ +++ 
Syngnathus Ophidion, L. 
- lumbriciformis, Jenyns. 
Hippocampus brevirostris, Cuv.? 
All of the British Syngnathide except S. Ophidion, Linn., 
are known as Irish. Syng. Acus and S. lumbriciformis are 
the most common around the coast. S. Typhle, S. equoreus, 
and S. anguineus may be considered as rare, but have been 
taken both in the north and south. There is indubitable evi- 
dence of the occurrence of the genus Hippocampus more than 
once on the Irish coast, but the species cannot be announced : 
I have not myself seen any examples. 
++ 
Order 4.—GyMNODONTES. 
Fam. Gymnodontide. 
Ireland. Great Britain. 
Tetrodon stellatus, Don. ab 
Orthagoriscus Mola, Schn. + 
0 Orthagoriscus oblongus, Schn. 
Templeton has recorded the occurrence of Yetrodon stel- 
Jatus in one instance on the coast of Waterford. Orthagoris- 
cus Mola has occasionally been captured on every side of the 
island; O. oblongus has not been recognised as an Irish fish. 
