484  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
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.19. V.5. A.34. C.21. Length, 31 inches. 
Newfoundland, Avpuson. New York, Mircurix. 
Echeneis neers Lin., Syst. Nat., p. 446. 
Bb Brocg, v. p. 106, pl. 171. 
sc ss Indian Remora, SHaw’s Gen. Zoél., rv. p. 209, pl. 31. 
a es Big Oceanic-Sucker, Mrremit, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 377. 
« Ay Ship-master Echeneis, Ricx., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 266. 
US ee Indian Remora, Dexay’s Report, p. 308. 
8. 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, Mircuiut. 
Bese ge pam Lin., Syst. Nat., 1. p. 446. 
Sucking-fish, Brocu, v. p. 109, pl. 172. 
ef ‘« Mediterranean Remora, SHaw’s Gen. Zool., rv. p. 201, pl. 31. 
< xe J: ue Pennant’s Brit. Zool., 11. Append., p. 524. 
HY s Small Oceanic-Sucker, Mrrcut1, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 378. 
ee ft Common Remora, Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 473. 
ss U3 A Ee YarreE_v’s Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 11. p. 377, fig. 
< ES 3 RE Dexay’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, 54 inches. 
Massachusetts, Srorer. 
BARES: quatuordecemlaminatus, Fourteen-plated Remora, Srorer’s Report, p. 155. 
es (SrorEr), an juv.? Dexay’s Report, p. 309. 
APODES. 
No ventral fins. 
FAMILY XXVII. ANGUILLIDA. 
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. 
