STRAIGHT-NOSED PIPEFISH. 
Syngnathus opMdion, Yakeell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 447. 
This is a species by no means common, and of which little 
is known of its history. In appearance it is not greatly unlike 
the Worm Pipefish, but it is larger, and in other respects 
the differences are easily seen. It is about equally slender, 
and even more so towards the end of the body; but instead 
of being bent up, the snout projects straight before the eye. 
The dorsal fin is further back, its place being about the middle 
of the length, and there is no other fin; the plates on the 
body more distinctly marked, and thirty of them may be counted 
before the vent, with about twice that number behind it. 
