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XXXVII.— .ECHENEIDID.E. 



LKPTECHEXEIS, (^11. 



The White-Tailed lleniora. 



Ijody cvliiulrical; skin griinular, and covered with .slime. 

 Head nearly one-sixtli of tlie total length; Hat above, with a 

 broad disk, whieh is surronnded by an elevated border, '^i\<l 

 •divided thronghont its length by a fleshy ]»artition, on each 

 ^ido of which arc from twenty-one to twenty-three pairs of 

 transverse plates. A fresh sjiecimen is slate-l)r(iwn above, 

 lighter bcueatli. A broad f)lack band extends from the an 

 ■gle of the moutli to the tail. Along the back are a series of 

 dark colored marks, like an inverted letter V. Pectorals 

 and ventrals edged with white; dorsal and caudal with a 

 broad, white border, gradually diminishing towards the last 

 rays. Ti[) of caudal broadly edged with Avhite. 



Ein-rays:— D. 33; P. IS: V. 7; A. 30; C. 18. 



Echeiieis uaiicratefi,Jj. Syst. 1. p. 446; Storer, Eep. Fishes, 

 Massach. ]>. 153: Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York, 

 1, p. 377. 



— aU)ira>'(l(i, .Mitch. Am. .Montlil. Mag. 11, p. 2-:! 1: DcKay, 

 New York ['"anna. Fishes, p. ;)07, ]d. 54, lig. 177. 



A solitary sj)ecimen of tin's ocean lisji is occasionally met 

 with in ('hesapeake l^ay. 



AcAu. Coll. 



ECllENElS. Artedi. 



E. XAlCHATOrUli.-. 



Tiie Suck-Fish. 



Similar in ibrm to the [ireceding. Head large, broad, con- 

 cave above, where it is occupied by the oval adhesive disk, the 

 boi-der of -winch is iieshy. thick, free, movalde and elevated. 

 It is divided by a partition, on each side of Aviiich arc twenty- 



