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warded to me on account of the fishermen being unacquainted with it." — A7i7i. 

 Nat. History, vol. ii. 



I have since seen several specimens which were obtained on the An- 

 trim and Down coasts, and Mr. M'Calla informed me that it occurs, 

 though rarely, on the Galway coast. 



A large example of this fish, taken at Killiney, was presented to the 

 Dublin University Museum, in June, 1846, by Surgeon Carmichael. 



In the Ordnance Mem. (Notices, p. 14), the following note occurs in 

 reference to this pipe-fish : — " Specimens of this fish, in various stages of 

 growth, have been obtained during this season (1831), from Lame and 

 Carnlough, on the coast of Antrim." 



The Snake Pipe-fish, Syngnathus anguineus, Jenyns, 

 — Ophidion, Bloch, 



Has been obtained on the North-East, South, and West coasts. 



The following notice of this species was contributed by me to the Annals 

 Nat. Hist. vol. ii. : — 



" Syngnathus Ophidion, Bloch. Snake pipe-fish. — From Dr. R. Ball I have 

 received for examination two specimens of .S. Ophidion, one procured in 1835 

 at Glendore (by Dr. Alhnan), and the other at Youghal. The larger one is up- 

 wards of a foot in length, and, with the unimportant difl'erence of its having 41 

 rays on the dorsal fin, they agree in every character with the descriptions of this 

 species by Jenyns and Yarrell, which are much more minute than Bloch's ac- 

 count of it. Dr. Ball has subsequently informed me of his having received a 

 third specimen, about 14 inches in length, from Youghal, where it was cap- 

 lured in July, 1836. Soon after this time I received a S. Ophidion from the 

 coast of the County of Antrim." 



To this I have only to add, that in 1840 Mr. M'Calla infonned me of 

 his having taken this species under stones at extreme low-water mark, 

 Roundstone Bay. 



The Straight-nosed Pipe-fish, Syngnathus O^ihidion, Linn., 



Has been twice obtained on the Down coast. 



The first specimen which came tinder my observation was thus noticed 

 by me in the Annals Nat. Hist, (new series), vol. i. 1848 : — 



" ' Syngnathus Ophidion, Linn.,' Yarr. Brit. Fish. vol. ii. 447, 2nd edit. — A 

 specimen taken in the dredge with oysters, at Killinchy, Strangford Lough, in 

 October last, happened fortunately to be brought with them to Belfast market, 

 Avhere I procured it. Its length is eleven inches : the characters all as described 

 by Yarrell. After being preserved in spirits for some Aveeks its colours are a 

 mixture of very pale bluish and brownish olive, with a fine black interrupted or non- 

 continuous Ime along the back from the head to the dorsal fin : whitish spots 

 along the medial line." 



In Oct., 18ol, I obtained the second example among Carrickfergus 

 oysters. It is about 8^ inches long. 



The Worm Pipe-fish, Syngnathus lumhriciformis, Jenyns, 



Is obtained on all sides of the island. 



In the Zool. Proc. for 18;35, I noticed this sp. under the name then 

 applied to it, of *S'. Ophidion, I^inn., as taken by Mr. Hyndman at the en- 

 trance to Strangford Lough, in March, ]S;52. The specimens were all 

 adult, one of them having attained to 6 inches in length. 



The D. fin-rays in this specimen were 30 : this fin commences 1 inch 



