80 



XXIII-EPHIPPIIDiE. 



PAREPHIPPUS, Gill. 

 P. quadratus. 



Moon Fish. 



Body oblong, oval ; the outline above the branchial aperture 

 enlarged. Scales large, orbicular, and of a robust texture. 

 Lateral line concurrent with the back. Eyes large. Nostrils 

 double. Teeth conic, bristly, in numerous series. The dorsal 

 fin is composed of eight and 1.21 softer rays. Caudal fin 

 very wide, excavated on its margin. The first interspinous 

 bone of the anal is club or mallet-shaped. Dark bluish- 

 brown, with metallic lustrous reflections, and without spots or 

 bands. The sides of the head tinged with lustrous green. 

 Length, 1.5 inches. 



Fin-rays :— D. 8, 1, 21 ; P. 16 ; V. 1, 5 ; A. 3, 18 ; C. 17^ 



Ephippus gigas, Cuv. & Val. VII, p. 121, pi. 204; DeKay, 

 New York Faun., Fish. p. 99, pi. 23, fig. 71 ; Holbr. Ichth. S. 

 Carol, p. 105, pi. 15, fig. 2. 



XXXVII— ECHINEIDIDffi. 



ECHENEIS, Linn. 

 E, remora. 



Sucker. 



Body cylindrical, elongated. Length of the head about 

 one-fifth of the total length. Head flattened above, with a 

 disk extending from near the tips of the upper jaw to the ends 

 of the pectorals, and nearly equal to one-third of the total 

 length, with seventeen to eighteen pairs of bony laminte, the 

 edges of which are furnished with rows of minute tooth-like 

 projections. Mouth wide and rounded ; lower jaw longest. 



