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CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. 



shorty compressed^ with a single dorsal fin at its base. 



and opposite the anal fin ; caudal smaU. 



P. Draco Linn. Bloch, 109. Gron. pi. 12. figs. 2, 3.* 

 natans. Bl. 121. 



Hippocampus Linn. Body and head compressed and 

 broad ; muzzle narrow, tubular ; the mouth terminal ; 

 profile of the head angular ; dorsal fin single ; pec- 

 torals small ; caudal fin none ; anal none in the male. 

 H. brevirostris. Yarr. ii. 342. 



Phyllopteryoc Sw. Fuciform ; body broadest in the mid- 

 dle_, and furnished with leaf-like appendages. 



P. foliatus. Sw. (/^. 109.) 

 Solenostoma Lac. Caudal fin large, pointed ; ventral 

 fins ample, united both together and to the body, 

 beneath which the eggs of the female are placed ; 

 dorsal fins two, the first placed close to the head, the 

 second at the base of the tail ; snout tubular ; the 

 mouth terminal. 

 S. paradoxa. PaU. Spic. Zool. 8. fas. viiL pi. 4. f. 6. 



Syngnathus Linn. Snout greatly elongated ; the mouth 

 terminal, and opening vertically ; teeth none ; body 

 very long, linear, angulated, and nearly of equal 

 breadth, but attenuated on the tail. 



Syngnathus Linn. (Jig. 110.) Dorsal fin one; ventral 

 fins none ; caudal rounded ; males with an elongated 

 pouch under the tail. 



* This species unites in itself part of the characters of Syngnathus and 

 Astrocanthus in a most interesting manner ; the figures of Gronovius seem 

 to represent a different species to that of Bloch, pi. 109. 



