The Sea-Snail.'] OF ORKNEY. 179 



and serving the same purpose as that observed in the lump- 

 fish ; the dorsal fin runs from the hind part of the head to the 

 tail ; the anal the same below ; the measure of those I have 

 observed in these parts seldom exceeds four inches, though 

 many of them are not so large. 



GENUS FIJI. THE PIPE-FISH, OR SEA-NEEDLE. 



Gen. Char. Nose long and tubular ; no orifice to the gills ; the breathing aper- 

 tures on the hind part of the head ; no ventral fins ; the body covered with a 

 strong crust. v 



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( Species 1. The Longer Pipe-Fish. 



Acus nostras cauda'serpentina, Sib. Scot. 24, tab. ^9, fig. 3. Syngnathus bar- 

 barus, Lin. Sys.417' Brit. Zool. 106, tab. 6, Jig. 2-. 



I HAVE had occasion to see great numbers of these fishes, 

 but all dry, therefore shall describe it from the British Zoo- 

 logy, and Sir Robert Sibbald's Prodrom. Nat. Hist. Scotia3, 

 giving the measurement of the different parts from specimens 

 in my own possession, as I never saw, nor had one so long 

 or thick as described either by Mr Pennant or Sir Robert Sib- 

 bald. The largest I ever saw on our coasts, measured, from 

 the nose to the point of the tail, twelve inches ; to the eye 

 half an inch ; to the beginning of the back-fin four inches ; 



