PISCES 173 
Family SYNGNATHIDA. 
SYNGNATHUS Linneus, 1758. 
SYNGNATHUS NORZ Waite. 
LONG-SNOUTED PIPEFISH. 
Plate: XX Vibe fic. a 
Syngnathus norae Waite, Proc. N.Z. Inst., 1910, p. 25. 
Stations 2. 3. 4. 12°22. 30; 50: 
D394 P13: C. 8; Rings 16 -- 49" = 67. 
Other specific characters and comparative details are shown 
on the accompanying table, the specimen examined being a 
female and marked ‘‘B’’. 
The head is low, being but half the depth of the body, the 
opercle is not crossed by a ridge, the snout is long, more than 
twice the post-orbital length of the head, the dorsal begins on 
the anterior of the two rings occupied by the vent, and its base 
is not elevated, the anal is minute. 
In the males the bodies are, as usual, not so high, nor is the 
dorsal edge ridged as in the females. 
Colours.—Green with brown cross bands, five semi-bands on 
the body, namely, one behind the head, three in advance of the 
dorsal, and one across the vent; the three middle bands, each of 
which occupies three rings, separated by two rings, have above 
the lateral ridge of the body a brown vertical mark on each of 
the contributing rings; there are eight complete bands across the 
tail; a brown line from the eye to the snout on each side. 
Length.—224 mm. 
Examples obtained at Station 3 were removed from the 
stomach of Callorhynchus. Polyprion also yielded specimens. 
This Pipefish appears to be a southern species, having been 
taken only between Stewart Island and Port Lyttelton, and at 
depths from 20 to 54 fathoms. It is, however, improbable that 
Pipefishes would have been secured at all by a trawl whose 
meshes measured several inches across, and I notice that the 
only stations at which they were obtained were those where I in- 
troduced either a small meshed net or a piece of sacking into the 
trawl. As with many other species, therefore, their distribution 
can be ascertained only when a properly-equipped expedition 
is provided for the scientific investigation of our marine 
resources. 
I had provisionally associated the specimens with S. pelagicus, 
Linneus, examples identified as such, from New Zealand, being 
B 
