TEE HIPPOCAMPUS. 
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tribe. It is only nine inches in length, and often lefs, 
"'bile its thicknefs is not above an inch : The fnout is ob- 
l°ng, without any fifiure at the mouth ; at the lower end 
ot which appear the foramina, with an operculum to 
cover them *. The body is furniihed with acculeated 
^'lobs, and is of a pentagonal ilia pc, till it reaches the 
Rn ns, from which, to the tail, it is quadrangular. The 
e yes are round and prominent ; behind them, in place of 
( he gills, which are here wanting, there are two ftnall 
^ ns i refembling the external ears of terreilrial animals. 
^ V| der the belly there are two orifices ; one for voiding 
* : ‘ le excrement, and the other for the emiffion of the 
y°Ung in their egg hate. 
1 he colour of this animal is a dark green, the belly 
Var 'egated with light blue fpots. In the middle of the 
k^ck rifes one dorfal fin, with fixteen rays. Some fpecies 
llav e hair along the back, refembling the mane of a 
^ Q rfe. They are caught in different parts ; that which 
^ittaughby deferibes, he faw at Baice, not far from Na- 
^ es - It had no mane ; he concludes, that that ornament is 
Eil hei- charafteriftic of one of the fexes, or of a different 
^’ e cies. I n hi s plates, he has given the figure of three 
dlff erent kinds f. 
tyillough, page 157. 
f Vide Wil'ough. Ichthyol, p. l it. 
