ECHENEIS.] PISCES (OSSEI) MALACOPT. 473 



Common on many parts of the coast, and generally found near the 

 mouths of rivers. When taken out of the water, said rapidly to dissolve 

 and melt away. Food, according to Bloch, aquatic insects, young shells, 

 and small fish. Spawns early in the year : found by Pennant heavy with 

 roe in January. Arrives at a much larger size in the northern seas than 

 in our own. 



161. C. Montagui, Don. (Montagues Sea-Snail.] 

 Dorsal and anal fins unconnected with the caudal : upper 

 lip marked with several indentations. 



C. Montagui, Don. Brit. Fish. vol. in. pi. 68. (Young.) Mont, in 

 Wern. Mem, vol. i. p. 91. pi. 5. f. 1. C. Montacuti, Turt. Brit. 

 Faun. p. 115. Liparis Montagui, Flem. Brit. An. p. 190. Mon- 

 tagu's Sucker, Penn. Brit. Zool. (Edit. 1812.) vol. HI. p. 183. 



LENGTH. From two to three inches. 



DESCRIPT. (Form.) General form similar to that of the C. Liparis: 

 body very much rounded as far as the vent, beyond which it becomes 

 suddenly compressed: head more depressed than in that species, and 

 much inflated at the gills: snout, jaws, and teeth, similar: eyes small, 

 placed high : front of the head, above the upper lip, scalloped with about 

 six indentations : rest of the head, and body, very smooth : dorsal fin 

 commencing a little behind the nape, and extending to the base of the 

 caudal, with which, however, it is not in any way connected ; rays at first 

 very short and inconspicuous, but gradually increasing in length to just 

 before the caudal, where the fin is broadest, and presents a rounded ap- 

 pearance : anal similar, and likewise separate from the caudal : pectorals 

 and ventral disk much as in the C. Liparis : vent about half-way between 

 the posterior margin of the disk and the commencement of the anal fin : 



D. about 26; A. about 24 ; C. 12 ; P. about 29*. 



(Colours.) "Purplish brown in appearance to the naked eye; but by the 

 assistance of a lens, the ground-colour is dull orange, covered with minute 

 confluent spots of the former : the under parts are paler, and about the 

 throat and sucker white : irides golden ; pupil dark blue." MONT. 



Discovered by Montagu, at Milton, on the south coast of Devon, where 

 a few specimens were obtained at extraordinary low tides, among the 

 rocks. Has been since found on the coast of Ireland by Mr. W. Thomp- 

 son of Belfast : also on the coast of Berwickshire by Dr. Johnston. Ap- 

 parently a rarer species than the foregoing. 



GEN. 60. ECHENEIS, Linn. 



162. E. Remora, Linn. (Common Remora.) Shield 

 on the head with about eighteen transverse bars : caudal 

 crescent-shaped. 



E. Remora, Linn. Syst. Nat. torn. i. p. 446. Block, Ichth. pi. 172. 

 Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 94. Cuv. Reg. An. torn. n. p. 347. Remora, 

 Will. Hist. Pise. p. 119. App. tab. 9. f. 2. Mediterranean Remora, 

 Penn. Brit. Zool. (Edit. 1812.) vol. in. App. p. 524. 



* The above fin-ray formula is from Montagu. 



