576 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



155. A. CONGER, Shaw. Hafs Al. The Conger Eel. D. 



In form more resembling the ling, than the common 

 eel. Colour darker ; the dorsal and anal, with a black- 

 brown edge. A specimen taken here of 5 ft. long was 

 1 ft. 3 in. thick; head 8 in. long; weight 22 Ib. 

 Is taken off the southern coast of Sweden, generally at a 

 great depth. A specimen which was taken off the Skagger 

 Hack, was about 9 ft. long, and weighed 60 Ib. 



LOPHOBEANCHIL TUFTED-GILL FISHES. 



Gills like small round tufts ; opercle large ; jaws com- 

 plete and free. Are all small sea- fish. 



Respecting the breeding habits of this fish, Nilsson re- 

 marks ' ' Ekstrom has made the singular discovery that the 

 female deposits her roe on the body of the male, where they 

 are fructified, and hatched out, and tended by the male, with 

 all the care of a mother." This, however, appears to have 

 been noticed by Jenyns as far back as 1835. 



Gen. Syngnathus, L. 



Body covered with a series of plates ; seven-cornered 

 to the anus, six- cornered to the dorsal, and four-cornered 

 to the tail ; one short dorsal ; anal, ventrals, and pectorals, 

 all present with well defined rays. Nose long, formed by 

 a prolongation of the bones of the head ; nose small, rather 

 compressed or rounded. 



156. SYNGNATHCTS Acus, L. Stora Kantnal. The Great 



Pipe Fish. D. 



Lateral plates from the opercle to the anus 21, 

 from thence to the tail 46. Colour : brown above, with 

 dark and paler transverse bands ; usual length 16 in. ; 

 nose compressed, smooth on the top. 

 Has never yet been detected on any Swedish coast, but 

 is not uncommon off Bergen in Norway. D. 42 ; P. 12 ; 

 A. 4. 



157. S. EOSTELLATUS (N. Sp.). Lilla Kantnal. 



Nose round, with a sharp edge along the top, 



