646 THE PIPE-FISHES AND THE SHORT SUN-FISH. 



female, and his Snake Pipe-Fish {S. aiifiuineits, Jen., Yarr.) 

 the male and young female of this fish. Kroyer also 

 thinks there is a mistake either in Yarrell's illustration or 

 descrijition of the two fishes. 



The Straight-nosed Pipe - Fish {Liten [/. o. little] 

 Hdfs-Nfil, S\v. ; Stor Na-b-Snog, or great heaked-snake, 

 Dan. ; S. Ophidion, Linn.) was common with us ; as also 

 elsewhere on the western coast of Sweden (in Norway it 

 has not, to my knowledge, been recognized) and in the 

 Baltic, where it is said to range as high up as the Gulf 

 of Botlinia. Its usual length is from six to eight inches, 

 and it seldom reaches more than nine or ten. 



The Worm Pipe-Fish * [Krum-nosad [/. e. crooked- 

 nose] Hafs'Nal, Svv. ; Liden [/. e., little] Nceh-Snog, Dan. ; 

 S. lumbriciformis, Yarr.) was scarce with us, and else- 

 where on the western coast of both Sweden and Norway, 

 where, however, Kr5yer has met with it as high up as 

 Bergen (lat. 00|°). In the Baltic it would not seem to 

 have been identified. Its usual length is said to be from 

 five to six inches; Nothing is known as to its manner of 

 living, though its l)reeding habits are supposed to be 

 similar to those of the ^S*. Acns, and others of the class. 



The Short Sun-Fish {Kltanp-Fisk, or lumpy fish, Sw. 

 and Dan. ; Ovfhagoriscus Jlola, Schneid.), whose proper 

 home would appear to be the Atlantic, was very rare in 

 our SkJirgard, and everywhere else in the Scandinavian 

 seas. The few that liave been identified have for the most 

 part been cast ashore during storms, and all, moreover, 

 were small, the largest not exceeding two feet in length ; 

 but in other seas we hear of this fish attaiuinij a weiijht 

 of from four to five hundred pounds. It is believed 

 to dwell in the deeps, but nothing seems known of its 

 breeding or other habits. 



* Of Yarrell, not of Jenyns, whose Worm Pipe-Fish (S. lumbriciformis, 

 Jen.) is the Straight-nosed Pipe-Fish of Yarrell. 



