186 SHORTER PIPE FISH. Class IV. 



I. Shorter. L' Omeul marin. Belon, 446. radiatis, corpore septeman- 



Acus secunda species, sive, gulato. Lin. syst. 416. 



acus Aristofelis. Rondel. 22Q. Gm. Lin. 1455. 



Typhle. Gesner pise. 1025. Kantnahl. Faun. Suec. No. 



Trummeter, Meherschlange. 376. 



Sckonevelde, 11. Syngnathus cauda pinnata. 



Acus Aristotelis seu secunda. Gronov. Zooph. No. 172. 



Wil. Ichth. 158. Rail syn. Sea-adder. Boilase Cornw. 



pise. 47. 267. 



Syngnathus corpore medio La Trompette. Block ichth. 



heptagono, cauda pinnata. iii. 102. tab. Q\.f- 1. 



Arted. synon. 2. Le Syngnathe trompette. De 



Syngnathus acus. S. pinnis la Cepede Hist, des Pois- 



caudae ani pectoralibusque sons, ii. 27- 



JLHIS is shorter and thicker than the former, 

 yet I have seen one of the length of sixteen 

 inches. The middle of the body in some is hex- 

 angular, in others heptangular. Linnceus con- 

 stitutes two species of them, his Syngnathus 

 Typhle, and his Syngnathus Acus ; but we join 

 with Doctor Gronovius, in thinking them only 

 varieties of the same fish. 

 Descrip- The mouth is formed like that of the former ; 

 the irides are yellow ; close behind the head are 

 the pectoral fins, which are small and short ; on 

 the lower part of the back is one narrow fin; 

 beyond the vent the tail commences, which is 

 long and quadrangular ; at the extremity is a fin 

 round and radiated. The body is covered with 

 a strong crust, elegantly divided into small com- 



TION. 



