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warded to me on account of the fishermen being unacquainted with it.” — Ann. 
Nat. History, vol. ii. 
I have since seen several specimens which were obtained on the An- 
trim and Down coasts, and Mr. M‘Calla informed me that it occurs, 
though rarely, on the Galway coast. 
A large example of this fish, taken at Killiney, was presented to the 
Dublin University Museum, in June, 1846, by Surgeon Carmichael. 
In the Ordnance Mem. (Notices, p. 14), the following note occurs in 
reference to this pipe-fish : — “ Specimens of this fish, in various stages of 
growth, have been obtained during this season (1837), from Larne and 
Carnlough, on the coast of Antrim/’ 
The Snake Pipe-fish, Syngnathus anguineus, Jenyns, 
— Ophidian, Bloch, 
Has been obtained on the North-East, South, and West coasts. 
The following notice of this species was contributed by me to the Annals 
Nat. Hist. vol. ii. : — 
“ Syngnathus Ophidian, Bloch. Snake pipe-fish. — From Dr. R. Ball I have 
received for examination two specimens of 8. Ophidion, one procured in 1835 
at Glendore (by Dr. Allman), and the other at Youghal. The larger one is up- 
wards of a foot in length, and, with the unimportant difference of its having 41 
rays on the dorsal fin, they agree in every character with the descriptions of this 
species by Jenyns and Yarrell, which are much more minute than Bloch’s ac- 
count of it. Dr. Ball has subsequently informed me of his having received a 
third specimen, about 14 inches in length, from Youghal, where it was cap- 
tured in July, 1836. Soon after this time I received a S. Ophidion from the 
coast of the County of Antrim.” 
To this I have only to add, that in 1840 Mr. M‘Calla informed me of 
his having taken this species under stones at extreme low-water mark, 
Houndstone Bay. 
The Straight-nosed Pipe-fish, Syngnathus Ophidion , Linn., 
Has been twice obtained on the Down coast. 
The first specimen which came under my observation was thus noticed 
by me in the Annals Nat. Hist, (new series), vol. i. 1848 : — 
“ ‘ Syngnathus Ophidion , Linn.,’ Yarr. Brit. Fish. vol. ii. 447, 2nd edit. — A 
specimen taken in the dredge with oysters, at Killinchy, Strangford Lough, in 
October last, happened fortunately to be brought with them to Belfast market, 
where I procured it. Its length is eleven inches : the characters all as described 
by Yarrell. After being preserved in spirits for some weeks its colours are a 
mixture of very pale bluish and brownish olive, with a fine black interrupted or non- 
continuous line along the back from the head to the dorsal fin : whitish spots 
along the medial line.” 
In Oct., 1851, I obtained the second example among Carrickfergus 
oysters. It is about 8^ inches long. 
The Worm Pipe-fish, Syngnathus lumbriciformis , Jenyns, 
Is obtained on all sides of the island. 
In the Zool. Proc. for 1835, I noticed this sp. under the name then 
applied to it, of S. Ophidion , Linn., as taken by Mr. Hyndman at the en- 
trance to Strangford Lough, in March, 1832. The specimens were all 
adult, one of them having attained to 6 inches in length. 
The D. fin-rays in this specimen were 30 : this fin commences 1 inch 9 
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