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ascarides, pointed at each end, and of a whitish 

 colour : they were all coiled up in a spiral man- 

 ner. On the head, beneath the skin, and along the 

 root of the dorsal fin, were several of a species of 

 echinorhynchus, of ayellow colour, nearly two inches 

 in length, and more than one eighth of an inch 

 in diameter : the proboscis short, with a round 

 termination furnished with spines : the anterior 

 end of the body sub clavated, with a groove each 

 side : posterior part wrinkled, and obtusely point- 

 ed. 



These vermes had formed sinuses under the 

 skin, and were firmly attached by one end. I do 

 not find this species described. 



SYNGNATHUS jeqjuoreus. 



(Pl. IV. Fig. 1. Section of the Body, a.) 



Syngnathus aequoreus, Gmel. Syst. p. 1456.— S^atu, Gen. 



Z00L v. p. 454. 



There appears to be some confusion relative to 

 the slender species of that genus of fishes termed 

 Syngnathus. Mr Pennant originally described 

 three species as British, namely, the barbarus, or 

 longer, acus, shorter, and ophtdion, or little pipe- 

 fish. The typhle is also mentioned in the " British 

 Zoology," but with a remark, that the author joins 

 with Gronovius in thinking it only a variety of 



