OF THE FISHES OF MADEIRA. 191 
ever with the second, or hinder sucking-disk. A short fleshy conical cilia, close 
behind the vent in a groove, reminds one of Gobide. In form this fish resem- 
bles a good deal Lep. bimaculatus, Yarr. ii. 268 ; but the muzzle before the eyes 
is considerably longer, broader, and more depressed ; and the dorsal and anal 
fins are continued nearly to the caudal, though still not joined to it. The fin- 
formula is, 
D. 14; A.10; P.25; V.4; C.15. 
Fam. EcuHEeNneIpDz£. 
Echeneis ——-—— ?—“‘ Pogador,” or ‘‘ Apogador.”’ Rariss. 
Of this I have also seen only a single specimen, which I cannot venture to 
identify positively with any published species ; far less at present to characterize 
as really new. It approaches nearest to E. naucrates, L. in the truncate tail : 
while in its uniform dark slaty colour and scaliness it resembles the West Indian 
species, published in the fifth volume of the Zoological Journal (E. /unata, Bancr.). 
It differs, however, from both, and approaches E. Remora, L., in having only six- 
teen lamine to the sucker. The pectoral fins were very obtuse, or even truncate. 
The specimen was nearly eight inches long. The fin-formula as follows ; 
: ‘ ; in, SUS Vb 
D.28; A.24; P.26; V.1+5; Ona? M.B. 8. 
Echeneis Naucrates, L.?—‘‘ Peixe Pogador.” Linn. 1.466. No. 2.? Rariss. 
All I know of this fish is from a short note, furnished me by my friend and 
assistant Miss Young, of a single specimen, seen for a few minutes only, and par- 
tially examined by her. ‘‘ It was about fifteen inches long, and the sucker had 
twenty-four pairs of laminz. It was round and thick at the shoulders, yet much 
attenuated at the tail, where the other species was broad andthick. The tips and 
edges of the dorsal and anal fins were white.” 
As to the colour and the shape of the tail, I can only say, that had they dif- 
fered from the former species in any remarkable degree, Miss Young would no 
doubt have observed it. 
Ord. MALACOPTERYGIANA APODES. 
Fam. Muranip2. 
Anguilla latirostris, Yarr.—‘‘ Eiro.” 
The Broad-nosed Eel, Yarr. ii. 298. ; 
Eels are the only indigenous fresh-water fish of the island. They abound in 
the torrents, up to the height of about 500 feet above the sea. There are more 
species or varieties ; but I am not sufficiently acquainted with them at present 
to attempt their classification. 
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