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Naturtej and by Artedi, and that iu the later editious, Linnoens placed 

 that species at the head of the genus.''' For that reason, the name Eche- 

 neis was retained for E. remora, and a new name, Zejjteclieneis, conferred 

 on E. naucrates and its allies. 



As, however, according- to the custom now prevalent in Ichthyology, 

 we are not to go behind the tenth edition of the Systema Xaturne, and 

 as the x>lacing of a siiecies "at the head of the genus" had no signifi- 

 cance with Linnaeus, we think that Dr. Gill's first restriction of Eche- 

 neis should have precedence over the second. 



Tlie genera of Eelicncid'uhv thus far known are, then, the following: 



1. EEMORAGill: tyite Echeneis remora Jj.; Echeneisjacohocahoy^e. 



2. Eemilegia Gill: type Echeneis australls Bennett. 



3. EnoMBOCiiiEUS Gill: iyj^e Echeneis osfcocJiir Cnxiav. 



4. EcnE:NEis Linn. : tj^ie Echeneis naucrates L. * 



5. PuTHEimcHTHYS Gill : type Echeneis Jineatus Menzies. 



76. Echeneis naucrates L. 



Two specimens seen by Cones and Yarrow. 



Genus REMOEA Gill. 



77. Remora jacoboea (Lowe) Gill. 



{Echeneis remora L.) 

 Specimens seen by Dr. Yarrow, taken ofl" Shackleford Banks. 



SPHYRJENIDJE. 



Genus SPHYR^NA Bloch. 



78. Sphyraena spet (Haiiy) Goode. 



Young specimens common in Beaufort Harbor. Our species is usually 

 called Sphynena horealis DeKay, without comparison with allied forms. 

 What fish DeKay had in mind is not clearly known. We identify our 

 Beaufort specimens with Sphyrwna spet {Esox sphyrama L., Sphyra'na, 

 vulgaris Auct.), the common species of Europe and the Middle Atlantic. 

 Whether the West Indian 8. picuda also occurs northward, to help 

 form the dubious Sphyrwna horealis, is still uncertain. 



MUaiLID^. 

 Genus MUGIL Linnneus. 



79. Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz. — White MuUet. 

 Very common in the harbor. 



80. Mugil pluniieri Blocli. — Striped Mullet. 



The commonest food-fish of the ]S"orth Carolina coast; everywhere 

 very abundant on the shoals in the harbor. 



Two species of Muyil certainly occur on our Atlantic coast, but they 

 have been confounded or misunderstood by nearly all writers except 



