•THE PIPE FISH. 14^ 



Gen. XIV.-.27'^ Pipe Fijh. 



This genus comprehends all thofe fiflies that are known 

 tjy the name of fea adders, and fea horfe : Linnaeus has e- 

 numerated feven different fpecies, of which the generic 

 characters are, a long and tubular nofe, no orifice to the 

 gills, but the breathing aperture fituated on the back 

 part of the head ; the body is covered with a ftrong crullj 

 and in all, the ventral fins are wanting *. 



The Longer Pipe Fijh f . 



This fpecies, as defcribed by Sir Robert Sibhald J, is 

 two feet long, the nofe an inch in length, and compref- 

 fed laterally ; at the end of it is a fmall orifice for the 

 mouth. The thickefl part of the body did not exceed 

 the circumference of a fwan*s quill ; trexangular from the 

 head to the dorfal fin, the reft quadrangular. The belly, 

 carinated, and marked along the middle with a dufky 

 line §. 



The 



* Vide Syftcma Nat. f Syngnathus barbarus, Lin. Syftt 



i Scotia illuftrata,ji4. Tab. r^. v} Britifli Zool. 



