Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 231 



Cycloptcrus liparis, Ross, Append. Parry's Polar Voyage, p. 199. 



" " I net i Sui k.r, Pennant's Brit. Zool., nr. p. 179, pi. 21. 



" " Common S:a s I - Brit. Vert., p. 472. 



Liparis communis, Sabine, Appe I 



" " Ross, Append., p. xlvii. 



Cyclopterus (Liparis) communis :. Fauna Boreal. Americ, ill. p. 263. 



2. Liparis gelatinosus, Palla-. 



Body slender, oblong, compressed, thicker towards the head, gradually tapering to the 

 tail- Color whitish, with a rosy tinge. Skin smooth ; flesh very soft, trembling like jelly 

 when touched. Dorsal and anal fins dark violet ; pectoral fins flaccid and rounded. 



D. (.'). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?)• C. (?)• Length, 18 inches. 



Seas between America and Kamtschatka, Pallas. 



Cyclopterus giilatinosus (Pallas), Lin., Gmel. 



" " Gelatinous Sucker, Shaw's Gen. Zool., v. p. 393. 



FAMILY XXVI. ECHENELtLE. 



Witli a flattened disk upon the top of the head, composed of numerous car- 

 tilaginous transverse plates, directed obliquely backwards, dentated or spinous 

 at their posterior edge, and movable, by means of which they are enabled to 

 attach themselves to other substances. 



GENUS I. ECHENEIS, Lin. 



Body elongated, covered with very small scales. A single dorsal fin, 

 placed opposite the anal. Head very flat, covered with a disk ; mouth wide, 

 with numerous small, recurved teeth on both jaws, tongue, and vomer. 



1. Echeneis albicauda, Mitchill. 



Body cylindrical, elongated. Above of a grayish slate-color; lighter upon the sides, 

 with a dark band, which, commencing at the tip of the lower jaw, as a small black point, 

 runs along its margin to the angle of the jaw, then, assuming a band, passes to the tail, 

 interrupted only by the eyes. All the fins margined with white- Disk upon head, with 

 twenty-one transverse plates, divided by a fleshy median lino. 



D. 29. P. 18. V. 5. A. 30. C. 18. Storer. Length, 12 to 20 inches. 



D. 33. P. 18. V. 7. A. 30. C. 18. Dekay. 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



Echeneis albicauda, White-tailed Remora, Mirciinx, Anicr. Month. Mag., n. p. 211. 

 Echeneis naucrales, Indian Remora, Sto R port, p. 153. 



Echeneis albicauda, White-tailed Remora, Dekay's Report, p. 307, pi. 5-1, fig. 177. 

 " " " Storbr, Boat. Jouro. Nai. Hist., iv. p. 18" 



