T h e trunk. T h e back rises a littie iu a straight line to the dorsal fin. and then slopes, that fin being situated
on the beginning o f the declivity. T h e sides are con ve x; the abdomen, in the state it is drawn, enormous.
T h e > s . T h e situation o f the fins the same as in the last fish. T h e pectoral are large and truncate, the
Other three oblong, rounded.
T h e colour: the head and trunk cineritious, spotted with oval, black, spo ts; the breast and abdomen white,
with a faint yellowish tint. T h e flns (the pectoral excepted) spotted like the b o d y ; part o f the tail is o f a
dusky red colour.
Length o f the subject described, nineteen inches.
R EM A R K S .
T h e drawings o f the two last fish have been reduced, but the proportions strictly preserved.
No. X X IX .
T e t r a o d o n , c o r f ore ohlongo, glabro, dorso et abdomine e x c e ftis ; linea laterali insigniter
in jr a c ta ; cauda .mh-lunata.
T h e T e t r a o d o n w i th a n o b lo n g , sm o o th b o d y , th e b a c k a n d b e lly e x c ep te d ; th e late ra l
lin e r em a rk a b ly in fra c te d ; th e last s u b lim a te .
C a lled b y th e N a tiv e s K a p p a K o o r a w a h .
D . 13. P . IS . ¥. 0 . A . 10. G. 11.
T h e body oblong, and somewhat wedge-form, the back and breast a little rough, the rest smooth.
T h e head large, as broad as the body, depressed above, on the sides compressed, the front declining in an
oblique line to the obtuse rostrum. T h e mouth terminal, but lower than the middle; the lips flaccid. T h e
jaws extractile, the upper longer than the low e r ; teeth as usual in this genus. T h e tongue thick, obtuse,
smooth, sheathed. T h e eyes large, roundish, high, covered b y the skin o f the head. T h e nostrils in the middle,
between the orbit and rostrum, double, or, i f single, divided b y a valve.
T h e trunk ; the back roundish, straight, somewhat rough before the dorsal fin ; the tail small and round,
the sides a little compressed and smooth ; the belly prickly, prominent, and capable o f great distention. T h e
lateral line, singularly broken and irregular, is exactly represented in the figure. T h e anus behind the middle
o f the body.
T h e ,^ a i.- the dorsal and anal are nearly opposite, the former a little broader, but both lanceolate; the
pectoral larger, obliquely truncate; the caudal somewhat lunate.
T h e colour o f the back and front d a r k ; the sides a faint greenish-yellow, which brightens towards tlic
breast and b e l ly ; the belly a stone white. T h e fins have a yellowish colour, the lower part o f the anal and
caudal excepted, which are whitish.
Length o f the subject, l o inches.
SYNGNATHUS.
GENERIC CH A R A C T E R .
Caput ohlonguvi, cathetoplateiim : maxilla
laterihus clausa, et os in extremitate rostri
lantummodo apertum. Corpus longum, et
admodum gracile ; ambitu plerumque an-
gulato, iiiterdum subrotundo : ja m tctrap-
ter yg ium ,jam monopterygium. Pinna ventrales
m d la .
T h e h e a d ob lo n g , a n d com p re.ssed ; the
maxillae are closed to g eth e r at th e sides,
a n d the m o u th has o n ly a small o p e n in g
at th e e x trem ity o f th e ro strum . T lie
b o d y is long, an d v e ry s le n d e r ; for tlie
most p a rt a n g u la r, sometimes ro u n d ish ;
in some species th e re a re fo u r fins, in
o th ers o n e o n ly . No v e n tr a l fins.
No. X X X .
S y n g n a t h u s corjwre medio hexágono ; p inna ani carens; cauda pinnata.
T h e S y n g n a t h u s w itli th e m id d le o f th e b o d y h e x a g o n a l; n o an a l f i n ; th e tail p in n a te d .
Called b y th e N a tiv e s G o o r a h p o o S u c bo o k o o .
Syngnathus Typ h le L in n . S . J f- p- 416.
D . 30. -P. 1 1. V .o . A . 0. G. 8.
T he length o f the subject nine inches; the laminaj o f the trunk twenty in number, o f the tail forty-one.
T h e appearance o f the Syngnathus, with its slender and crusted body, is more that o f an insect than a fish.
T h e mouth is extremely small, and covered b y the under jaw, which turning up at the point, and being longer
than the upper, closes the mouth as witli a lid. T h e dorsal fin consists o f equal rays, the pectoral rounded;
the tail undivided, the rays distinct and sharpish.