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  idea 
  now 
  prevails 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  this 
  fish. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  article 
  of 
  diet, 
  and 
  always 
  finds 
  a 
  ready 
  sale. 
  The 
  

   form 
  formerly 
  known 
  as 
  Leptocephalus 
  morrisii 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  Conger. 
  In 
  this 
  condition 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  

   cast 
  upon 
  the 
  sandy 
  beach 
  at 
  Aberdeen, 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  picked 
  

   up 
  over 
  a 
  dozen 
  within 
  the 
  space 
  of 
  a 
  mile, 
  and 
  few 
  seasons 
  

   pass 
  without 
  some 
  specimens 
  being 
  so 
  cast 
  ashore. 
  

  

  Order 
  LOPHOBRANCHII, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Family 
  SYNGNATHID^E. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SYNAGTHUS, 
  Artedi. 
  

  

  Syngnathus 
  typhle, 
  Linn. 
  Deep-nosed 
  Pipe-fish. 
  

  

  "Bather 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  (Parnell.) 
  

   " 
  Met 
  with 
  at 
  Banff." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  which 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  MacGillivray 
  

   is 
  in 
  my 
  possession, 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  got 
  at 
  Aberdeen, 
  but 
  

   I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  one 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  state. 
  

  

  Syngathus 
  acus, 
  Linn. 
  Great 
  Pipe-fish. 
  

  

  Fairly 
  common 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  from 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  

   Forth 
  to 
  Wick. 
  It 
  is 
  often 
  cast 
  up 
  after 
  storms, 
  and 
  caught 
  

   by 
  sand-eel 
  fishers. 
  

  

  Sygnathus 
  aequoreus, 
  Linn. 
  >4Equoreal 
  Pipe-fish. 
  

  

  " 
  Not 
  uncommon 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  sands 
  after 
  storms." 
  

   (M'Intosh.) 
  Along 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Kincardine 
  and 
  Aberdeen 
  

   shires 
  this 
  cannot 
  be 
  called 
  an 
  uncommon 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  cast 
  

   up 
  after 
  storms, 
  and 
  caught 
  in 
  rock-pools. 
  

  

  Sygnathus 
  ophidion, 
  Linn. 
  Snake 
  Pipe-fish. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  only 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  were 
  taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  at 
  North 
  Berwick." 
  (Parnell.) 
  Harris 
  

   records 
  it 
  from 
  Banffshire, 
  and 
  Peach 
  from 
  Wick. 
  This 
  does 
  

   not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  abundant 
  species 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  

   I 
  have 
  three 
  specimens 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  

  

  