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be followed, as in characters of viscera, gills, and endo- “ 4 
skeleton. In its life habits mimicry is strongly evinced; 
Fig. 185 A. — The pipe-fish, Syngnathus acus 3, L., showing abdominal pouch, 
x 1. (AfterGUNTHER.) Coasts of Europe and Africa, 
the well-known genus Phyllopteryx, whose entire body 
surface develops pigmented appendages, is with difficulty 
to be distinguished from a rough-shaped seaweed. (Lopho- 
branchit.) 
