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



2. Echeneis naucrates, Lin. 



Olive-brown, without stripes. A whitish longitudinal cloud on each side, near the belly. 

 Disk elliptical, inclining to oval, with twenty-two to twenty-four plates. 

 D. 34. P. 10. V. 5. A. 34. C. 21. Length, 31 inches. 

 Newfoundland, Audubon. New York, Mitchill.. 



Echeneis naucrates, Lin., Syst. Nat., p. 446. 

 " " Bloch, v. p. 106, pi. 171. 



" " Indian Remora, Shaw's Gen Zotil., iv. p. 209, pi. 31. 



" " Bis Oceanic-Sucker, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y-, I. p. 377. 



" " Shipmaster Echeneis, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. '266. 



" " Indian Remora, Decay's Report, p. 303. 



3. Echeneis remora, Lin. 



Body elongated. Dusky brown above ; lighter beneath. Fins darker than the rest of the 

 body. Disk with seventeen or eighteen plates. Caudal crescent-shaped. 

 D. 21. P. 22. V. 4. A. 20. C. 20. Length, 12 to 18 inches. 

 New York, Mitchill. 



Echeneis remora, Lin., Syst. Nat., i. p. 446. 



" " Sucking-fish, Bloch, v. p. 109, pi, 172. 



" Mediterranean Remora, Shaw's Gen. Zobl., rv. p. 201, pi. 31. 



" Pennant's Bril. Zob'l., in. Append., p. 524. 

 " Small Oceanic-Sucker, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 378. 

 " " Common Remora, Jenyns's Brit. Vert., p. 473. 



" Yarrell's Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), II. p. 377, fig. 

 " " " " Dekav's Report, p. 309. 



4. Echeneis quatuordecemlaminatus, Storer. 



Of a light reddish-brown color, rather darker beneath. Disk with fourteen plates. Cau- 

 dal not emarginated. 

 D. 32. P. 14. V. 4. A. 30. C. 18. Length, 5 1 inches. 

 Massachusetts, Storer. 



Echeneis quatuordecemlaminatus, Fourleen-plated Remora, Storer's Report, p. 155. 

 " " (Storer), an jur. ? Dekay's Report, p. 309. 



APODES. 



No ventral fins. 



FAMILY XXVII. ANGUILLLL\E. 



Body very much elongated and cylindrical, for the most part of a serpentine 

 figure. Scales scarcely apparent, being imbedded in a soft and thick skin. 

 Air-bladder of various singular forms. No ccecal appendages. 



