THE 
BIACULEATED PIPEFISH, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Snout subcylindnc, with terminal mouth. 
Body lengthened, jointed, mailed. 
Ventral Jins none. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Ferruginous PIPEFISH, with quadrangular 
body, and two spines above the head. 
BIACULEATED PIPEFISH. 
Gen. Zool. 5 . p. 453. 
This species, which usually measures about six inches 
in length, is a native of the Indian seas; the tail, 
which is hexagonal at its origin, gradually becomes 
tetragonal in its progress, and terminates in a finless 
point or tip. 
