.EQUOREAL I'lPE-FISII. 



335 



LOPHOBRANCHIJ. 



SYNGNAJ'HID^. 



THE iEQUOREAL PIPE-FISH. 



Sipignathus (squoreus, Linnaeus. 



„ ,, JEquoreal Pipe-Jish, Montagu, Wern. Mem. vol. i. p. 85. 



pi. 4, fig. 1. 

 „ „ ,, ,, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 188. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 176, sp. 38. 



„ ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Man, Brit. Vert. p. 486, 



sp. 174. 



Characters. — The species belonging to the second division of the genus 

 Syiignathus have a dorsal fin only ; no pectoral, ventral, anal, or caudal fins ; 

 no sub-caudal pouch in either sex. 



Of this division the British shores produce three species, 

 the largest of "wliich, the ^quoreal Pipe-fish, was described 

 at length by Colonel Montagu from two specimens obtained 

 on the Devonshire coast. It had been noticed as long ago 

 as 1684 by Sir Robert Sibbald, in his Scotia Ilhistrata, 

 part ii. book 3, page 24, who attributes to it a length of 

 two feet. 



Of this species I have not succeeded in taking any exam- 

 ple; but I possess two, for one of which I am indebted to 

 the kindness of Mr. Embleton, of the Berwickshire Natu- 



