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Yes - that is why I added the caveat of "little deep significance" - there is no contribution to the Gauss's Law integral. It was the maxim that I was really thinking of.
Bob at PC
The phenomenon occurs at all X-type neutral points. As Bob points out, it's
modestly amusing, but these field lines don't really so much "end" as they do
simply "disappear" and Gauss' law is certainly not violated.
John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona