16 REV. R. T. LOWE'S SUPPLEMENT TO HIS 



D. 92 ; A. 75 ; V. 6 ; P. 1 + 9 ; C. 1^. Rariss. 



The Whiff of British authors (jR. megastoma, Yarr. 2. 251) appears the nearest ally 

 of this apparently new species. Indeed, except for Mr. Yarrell's more detailed account, 

 I should have scarcely perhaps scrupled referring it to " La Cardine ou Calimande " of 

 Cuvier's R. Anim. 2. 341, of which he says, " ses premiers rayons sont libres;" of 

 course meaning of the dorsal fin. Nothing is, however, discernible of this in either 

 Mr. Yarrell's figure or description of " The WhifF;" nor even, if correct, does it express 

 sufficiently the peculiarity of this part in the Maderan fish. The only individual which 

 has yet occurred was five and a quarter inches long. 



Fam. Cyclopterid^. 



Lepadogaster zebrinus. — " Chupa sangue." L. fusco-nigtescens, lateribus postice 

 strigis obliquis, nuchdque fasciis diver gentibus saturatioribus maculisque birds caruleis 

 pyriformibus pictis ; naribus biciliatis : pinnis dorsalibus analibusque caudali adnatis. 



D. 17 v. 16 ; A. 10 V. 9 ; P. 13 v. 16 ; V^ 4 ; C| + X. Haud rara. 



In the double nasal cilia, and connexion of the caudal with the dorsal and anal fins, 

 this little fish agrees with L. cornubicus (Flem.), Yarr. 2. 264. The structure of the 

 sucking disk is also similar to the representation of the same part in that species, and 

 not to that of the " bimaculated Sucker," at p. 268. In this particular it perfectly 

 agrees also with the former species indicated in ray Synopsis, p. 190; which is, how- 

 ever, perfectly distinct specifically, having neither a nasal cilium nor the caudal fin 

 united with the dorsal and anal fins. Of this last-mentioned species no second example 

 has yet occurred. The present (L. zebrinus) is not by any means uncommon. It varies 

 considerably in intensity of colour, and in the distinctness of the darker stripes upon 

 the nape and flanks. The nasal cilia are of the general dark brown or blackish tint. 



Fam. ECHENEID/E. 



§. Cauda lunata. 



Echeneis Remora, L. Syst. Ed. 12. — " Pegador." E. tola cinereo-fuliginosa, nigres- 

 cens : laminis disci xvii. v. xviii. ; pinnis pectoralibus brevibus, ovatis, integris, apice 

 rotundatis : lingud Icsvi. 



D. 23 ; A. 23 ; P. 26 ; V. 1 -f 5 ; C. \^;^^Xvil' ' ^- ^- 9- ^^o'"- 



Echeneis PALLinA. E. tota pallide cinerea, fuUgineo hinc et hinc subnebulata : laminis 

 xix. ; pinnis pectoralibus brevibus, latis, apice rotundatis, subtruncatis , tenuiter crenu- 

 latis : lingud medio scobinatd. 



D. 24 ; A. 22 ; P. 27 ; V. 1 -1- 5 ; C. 1^;!^^; ; M. B. 9. Rariss. 



