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PELAGIC PIPEFISH. 



Syngnathus Pelagicus. S. ferrugineus, fasciis angustis fuscis, 



corpore heptagono. 

 Ferruginous Pipefish, with narrow brown bands, and hepta- 



gonal body. 



Syngnathus pelagicus. S. pinnis pectoralihus caudmque radiatis, 

 a?ii nulla, corpore septemangulato. Lin. Syst. Nat, 



Syngnathus corpore heptagono, lineis transversis brunneis. 

 Block. ^. 109. 



General appearance similart to that of the 

 Smaller Pipefish : length about a foot, or more : 

 colour yellow-brown, variegated with narrow, 

 transverse, deep-brown bars placed at intervals 

 along the body: tail-fin small and slightly rounded. 

 Native of the Indian and African seas. 



jEQUOREAL PIPEFISH. 



Syngnathus ^quoreus. S. pinna caudce radiata, pectoralibus- 

 que anique nullis, corpore angulato. Lin, Syst. Nat. 



Pipefish with rayed tail-fin, and angular body, without pectoral 

 or anal fins. 



Inhabits, according to Linnaeus, the European 

 seas* 



