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  THE 
  VEETEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  Sygnathus 
  lumbriciformis, 
  Yarrell. 
  Worm 
  Pipe-fish. 
  

  

  " 
  Often 
  caught 
  by 
  the 
  hand-net 
  amongst 
  the 
  sea- 
  weeds 
  

   bordering 
  the 
  pools 
  and 
  rocks 
  as 
  the 
  tide 
  enters." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  

   ["Is 
  met 
  with, 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  suppose 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  rare 
  as 
  one 
  

   might 
  expect." 
  (Edward.)] 
  "Observed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Peach 
  at 
  

   Wick." 
  (Fauna 
  of 
  Sutherland.) 
  

  

  Genus 
  HIPPOCAMPUS, 
  Leach. 
  

  

  Hippocampus 
  antiquorum, 
  Leach. 
  

  

  " 
  Two 
  were 
  found 
  cast 
  on 
  shore 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  the 
  Sands 
  

   of 
  Boyndie, 
  near 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Banff, 
  about 
  twenty-seven 
  years 
  

   ago, 
  after 
  a 
  very 
  severe 
  sea 
  storm." 
  (Edward.) 
  Marked 
  

   " 
  local 
  " 
  by 
  Howden. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  this 
  fish 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  

   coast. 
  

  

  Order 
  PLECTOGNATHI. 
  

   Family 
  GYMNODONTES. 
  

   Genus 
  TETEODON, 
  Linn. 
  

   Tetrodon 
  lagocephalus, 
  Linn. 
  Globe-fish. 
  

  

  In 
  Day's 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Fishes, 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  271, 
  is 
  the 
  

   following 
  : 
  " 
  A 
  stuffed 
  one, 
  14 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  

   Aberdeen 
  University 
  Museum 
  in 
  May, 
  1881." 
  If 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  

   stuffed 
  specimen 
  of 
  that 
  length 
  there 
  at 
  that 
  date 
  it 
  has 
  now 
  

   disappeared 
  ; 
  yet 
  amongst 
  the 
  local 
  fishes 
  in 
  the 
  Aberdeen 
  

   University 
  Museum 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  Globe 
  -fish, 
  15| 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   and 
  named 
  Tetrodon 
  stellatus, 
  but 
  without 
  date 
  or 
  locality 
  

   indicated, 
  and 
  to 
  all 
  appearance 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  local 
  specimen. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  marked 
  " 
  local 
  " 
  by 
  Howden. 
  

  

  Genus 
  OETHAGORISCUS, 
  Bl. 
  Schn. 
  

  

  Orthagoriscus 
  mola, 
  Bl. 
  Schn. 
  "Sun-fish." 
  "Short 
  

   Sun-fish." 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  met 
  with 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  

   They 
  are 
  usually 
  found 
  floating 
  near 
  the 
  surface, 
  generally 
  

  

  