AMPHIBIA NANTES. SYNGNATHUS. 
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SYNGNATHUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caput obi on gum, cathetoplateum: maxilla 
lateribus clausa , et os in extremitate roslri 
tantummoclo apertum. Corpus Ion guru, et 
admodum gracile; arnbitu plerumque an- 
gulato , interdum subrotundo: jam tetrap- 
terygium, jam monopterygium . Pinna ven‘ 
trales nulla. 
The head oblong, and compressed; the 
maxillae are closed together at the sides, 
and the mouth has only a small opening 
at the extremity of the rostrum. The 
body is long, and very slender; for the 
most part angular, sometimes roundish; 
in some species there are four fins, in 
others one only. No ventral fins. 
No. XXX. 
Syngnathus corpore medio hexagono ; pinna ani carens; cauda pinnata. 
The Syngnathus with the middle of the body hexagonal; no anal fin; the tail pinnated. 
Called by the Natives Goorahpoo Subbookoo. 
Syngnathus Pyphle Linn. S. JV. p. 416. 
D. so. P. l i. V. o. A. o. C. 8. 
The length of the subject nine inches; the laminae of the trunk twenty in number, of the tail forty-one. 
The appearance of the Syngnathus, with its slender and crusted body, is more that of an insect than a fish. 
The mouth is extremely small, and covered by the under jaw, whicli turning up at the point, and being longer 
than the upper, closes the mouth as with a lid. The dorsal fin consists of equal rays, the pectoral rounded; 
the tail undivided, the rays distinct and sharpish. 
