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406 HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
Remarks. This species is exceedingly rare in our waters; the specimen from 
which my description was drawn up, in my * Report on the Fishes of Massachu- 
setts," was taken from the bottom of a fishing-smack, to which it was attached, in 
Boston Bay. 
Massachusetts, STORER. New York, MrrcmiLL, Dekay. 
EcHENEIS QUATUORDECIMLAMINATUS, Storer. 
The Fourteen-plated Remora. 
(PLATE XXXII. Fra. 4.) 
Echeneis (lge Fourteen-plated Remora, SronER, Report, p. 155. 
" i * — anjuv.? Dexay, Report, p. 309. 
e " STORER, T Amer. Acad., New Series, 11. p. 484. 
« « * . Synopsis, p. 232. 
Color. Of a light reddish-brown ‘color, rather darker beneath. The pectoral and 
ventral fins are a little lighter than the body. The dorsal and anal fins are clouded 
with a lighter tint. 
Description. Body fusiform, elongated. The length of the head is less than one 
fifth the length of the entire fish: above, it is entirely covered by an adhesive disk, 
which commences at the tip of the upper jaw, and, extending on each side to the 
eyes, terminates on a plane with the posterior half of the pectorals: this disk is 
surrounded by a fleshy margin, which is tipped with a darker brown than the color 
of the body, and is divided in its centre by a longitudinal fleshy septum, on each 
side of which are fourteen or fifteen distinct, strongly serrated lamine. The gill- 
covers are large; the lower jaw projects beyond the upper; the jaws are armed 
with several rows of strong, sharp, recurved teeth; teeth also are observed upon the 
pharynx, the palatine bones, and the root of the tongue. The gape of the mouth 
is moderate in size. The eyes are horizontally oval. The nostrils, which are near 
the edge of the upper jaw, are double. 
The lateral line commences at the origin of the pectorals above, and, making a 
slight curve from their extremities, is continued in a straight course to the tail. 
The dorsal fin commences about the middle of the length of the fish: it is rounded 
anteriorly, gradually diminishes in heute» as it approaches the tail, and terminates 
posteriorly above in a point. 
The pectorals are somewhat rounded at their extremities. 
The ventrals are narrow and triangular; and are attached to the belly by a mem- 
brane extending from the inner ray; the rays are multifid. 
