Class IV. LITTLE PIPE. 141 



we have been informed, that the Syngathus Hippo- 

 campus of Linnaus^ or what the Englijh improperly 

 call the fea horfe, has been found on the fouthern 



fliores of this kingdom. 



Acui Arifiotelis congener pil- toralibus caudaque carens. 62. Little, 



ciculus, pueris Cornubien- Arted.fynon. 2. 



fibus 5f^ ^^<//?r, Acus Lum- Syngnathusophidion. Z/;z.^y?. 



briciformis, aut Serpenti- 417. 



num, V/il. I5th. 160. Rail Hafsnahl, Tangfnipa. Faun, 



fyn. pifc. Suec. No. 375. 

 Syngnathus teres, pinnis pec- 



THE little pipe fifh feldom exceeds five inches 

 in length, is very flender, and tapers off to 

 a point. It wants both the pedoral and tail fins ; 

 is covered with a fmooth flcin, not with a crufi: as 

 the two former kinds are. 



The nofe is fhort and turns a little up , the eyes 

 prominent. 



On the back is one narrow lin. 



This fpecies is not viviparous : on the belly of 

 the female is a long hollow, to which adhere the 

 eggs, difpofed in two or three rows. They are 

 large, and not numerous. 



The fynonym of Serpent is ufed in feveral lan- 

 guages to exprefs thefe fiili : the French call one 

 fpecies Orueul, from a fort of fnake not unlike the 

 bliridworm : the Germans call it Meherfchlange ; 

 and the Gr;?^3 the fea adder. 



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