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Genus NEROPHIS, Rafinesque. 



362. The Worm Pipe-fish (^Syngnathus lumbriciformis,Ys.rrel\ ; Nerophis 



lumbriciformis, Bonap.). 

 Fig. Cat. of Lophobranchiate Fish in Brit. Mus. p. 69. Yarrell's Hist. 



of Brit. Fishes, vol. ii. p. 450. 2nd edit. 

 Hab. English coast. North Sea. 



Genus GASTEROTOKEUS, Keckel. 



363. Gasterotokeus biaculeatus, Keckel. 



Fig. Cat. of Lophobranchiate Fish in Brit. Mus. p. 19, 1856. 

 Hab. China and Indian Seas. 



Genus PHYLLOPTERYX, Swainson. 



364. Phyllopteryx foliatus, Swainson ; Syngnathus foliatus, Shaw. 



Fig. Swainson, Nat. Hist, of Fishes, vol. ii. p. 332. 

 Hab. Australian Seas. 



Family Aulostemidte, Mull. 

 Genus SIPHOGNATHUS, Richardson. 



365. Siphognathus argyrophanes, Richardson. 



Fig. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857. 



Hab. Australian Seas. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Home, Bart., R.N. 



Order VIII. GANOIDEI. 



Endoskeleton, in some osseous, in some cartilaginous, in some partly osseous, 

 partly cartilaginous ; exoskeleton ganoid ; fins usually with the first ray a 

 strong spine ; heterocercal ; a swim-bladder and air-duct ; intestine with a 

 spiral valve in most. 



Family Salamandro'ida;. 

 Genus LEPIDOSTEUS, Cuv. 



366. The Bony Pike {Lepidostem osseus). 



Fig. Bloch, Ichth. vi. pi. 390. 



Hab. The lakes and rivers of the warmer parts of North America. 



Presented by H. J. Bigelow, Esq., M.D. 



