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ORDER V. LOPHOBRANCHII. 



We now come to Cuvier's FIFTH ORDER of Bony 

 Fishes, which is of very limited extent, and distin- 

 guished by having the branchiae in small rounded 

 tufts disposed in pairs along the branchial arches, 

 owing to which peculiarity it is named LOPHO- 

 BRANCHII, or with the gills in tufts. There is only 

 one family, namely, 



XXIII. FAMILY OF THE PIPE-FISHES, 

 SYGNATHID^E. 



Representatives in British Fauna. Gen. 3, Sp. 7- 



Gen. 97. SYGNATHUS. Sp. 203. S. Acus. . Great Pipe-fish. 

 204. S. Typhle. Deep-nosed do. 



98. ACESTRA 205. A. aequorea. ^Equoreal do. 



20 6 . A . anguinea. Snake do. 



207. A. ophidion. Straight-nosed do. 



208. A. lumbrici- Worm do. 



formis. 



99. HIPPOCAMPUS. WS.H.brevirostris. Sea-horse. 



The Pipe-fish have a very remarkable appearance, 

 the body being long and very slender, the snout also 

 much lengthened, and the whole covered with bony 

 plates like a coat of mail. The disposition of these 

 plates is such as to render the body angular, but 

 they do not materially interfere with its flexibility. 

 The mouth, which is placed at the extremity of the 

 elongated narrow tubular snout, is very small, and 



