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SWIMMING PEGASUS. 



Pegasils Natans. P. thorace abdomineque elongalis, 

 Pegasus with lengthened thorax and abdomen. 

 Pegasus natans. P. rostro ensiformi inermi, Lin. Syst, Nat, 

 Pegasus corpore dblongo tetragondqus. Block, t, 121. 



Length three or foilr inches : shape much more 

 slender than that of the P. volans: colour yellowish 

 brown, whitish beneath: snout slender, slightly 

 dilated and rounded at the tip, and marked both 

 above and beneath by a middle furrow : pectoral 

 fins rounded and of moderate size : dorsal situated 

 on the middle of the back : segments of the abdo- 

 men about eleven or twelve in number : tail small 

 and slightly rounded : ventral cirri slender and 

 flexible. Native of the Indian seas. 



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