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STKAIGHT-NOSED PIPEFISH. 



Syngnathus opMcUon, Yakkell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 447. 



Thi.s is a species by no means common, and of which little 

 is known of its history. In appearance it is not greatly unlike 

 the Worm Pipefish, but it is larger, and in other respects 

 the differences are easily seen. It is about equally slender, 

 and even more so towards the end of the body; but instead 

 of being bent up, the snout projects straight before the eye. 

 The dorsal fin is further back, its place being about the middle 

 of the length, and there is no other fin; the plates on the 

 body more distinctly marked, and thirty of them may be counted 

 before the vent, with about twice that number behind it. 



