FISHES. I 3I 



Leptocephalus Morrisii Gm., Anglesea Morris, a 



specimen of which has been recorded as occurring at 

 Redcar (Rudd, Zool, 1852, p. 3504) is considered by 

 Dr. Giinther to be a larval form, and probably of the 

 conger. 



232. Muraena Helena Z. Murry. 



Order 5. LOPHOBRANCHII. 

 Fam. SYNGNATHIDJE, 



233. Siphonostoma typhle (Z.). Deep-nosed Pipe-fish. 



Reported by Mr. J. W. Woodall as having occurred at Scar- 

 borough. 

 This species is the Broad-nosed Pipe-fish of Couch. 



234. Syngnathus acus L. Great Pipe-fish. Tangle-fish. 



Needle-fish. 



Resident, common along the coast. 



2 35- Syngnathus brevicaudatus Cornish. Blunt-tailed 

 Pipe-fish. 



236. Nerophis aequoreus (Z.). >quoreal Pipe-fish. 



One is recorded by Yarrell as having occurred at Scarborough, 

 and a specimen in the Whitby Museum is believed by Mr. 

 Martin Simpson to have been taken near that place* 



This species is the ' Ocean Pipe-fish' of Couch. 



237. Nerophis ophidion (L.). Straight-nosed Pipe-fish. 



At Whitby in 1880 a specimen was taken in a lobster-pot 

 (Stephenson, MS.). It has a place in Dr. Murray's Scar- 

 borough list (1832), and in Ferguson's Redcar list (1860). 



This species is the * Snake Pipe-fish ' of Couch. 



238. Nerophis lumbriciformis' (Z.). Little Pipe-fish. 



Worm Pipe-fish. 



239. Hippocampus antiquorum Leach. Sea-Horse. 

 Accidental visitant of rare occurrence. A southern pelagic 



form, which has occurred three times at Whitby, and once 

 at Bridlington. 



