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female, and his Snake Pipe-Fish (S. <tn<//> 'mcns, Jen., Yarr.) 

 the male and young female of this fish. Kroyer also 

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

 description of the two fishes. 



The Straight-nosed Pipe -Fish (Lit [i.r. little] 

 Il'ifs-Nal, Sw. ; Stor .\tj-S,tog, or great beaked-snake, 

 Dan. ; S. Ophidian, 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 Bothnia. Its usual length is from six to eight inches, 

 and it seldom reaches more than nine or ten. 



The Worm Pipe-Fish * (Krnm-nosad [i. c. crookcd- 

 nose] Ildfx-Xnl, Sw. ; Lidnt [i. c., little] X<t>h-Sno(j, Dan. ; 

 S. hiniltririfuruiix, Yarr.) was scarce with us, and cls>-- 

 where on the western coast of both Sweden and Norway, 

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

 Bergen (lat. f>0). 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 breeding habits are supposed to be 

 similar to those of the S. Aciis, and others of the class. 



The Short Sun-Fish (Klnniji-I-'ink, or lumpy fish, Sw. 

 and Dan. ; Or/Jinr/<>i-ixrx Mole, Schneid.), whose proper 



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

 our Skfirgarcl, and every \\ here else in the Scandinavian 

 seas. The few that have 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 attaining a weight 

 of from four to five hundred pounds. It is believl 

 to dwell in the deep.s, but nothing seems known of its 

 breeding or other habits. 



Of YiiiTi'll, not of .li-nyns \vlio-i- Worm I'ijn- FUli (S. liuiJ>ri<-!fanni, 

 .!!!. i i- tin- Straight nosi-,1 1'ipr Ki-.li of Y;mvll. 



