209 

 INDIAN REMORA* 



Echeneis Neucrates. E. olivacea, subtus albida, stiiis capitis 



viginti qualuor, cauda Integra. 

 Olive-green Remora, whitish beneath, with twenty-four bars 



on the head, and ovate tail. 

 E. Neucrates. E. cauda Integra, striis capitis 24. Idn. Syst. 



Nat. p. 44-6. 



Iperuquiba et Piraqueba Brasiliensibus. Marcgr. bras. p. 180. 

 Echeneis cauda rotundata. Block, t. 17 1* 



THIS species may be easily distinguished from 

 the preceding by its more lengthened or slender 

 fehape, as well as by the different form of the tail* 

 which is ovate instead of crescent-shaped* It 

 also differs from the former in its colours the 

 upper parts of the body being olive-green, and 

 the under parts whitish : the fins are yellowish 

 brown* with dusky edges. In its habits it re- 

 sembles the preceding species, but is more fre- 

 quently seen in the Indian and American seas 

 than in those of Europe. The Count de Cepede 

 informs us, from the manuscripts of Commerson, 

 that it is also very common about the coasts of 

 Mozambique, where it is sometimes made use of* 

 for the following very singular manner of catching 

 turtles. A ring is fastened round the tail of the 

 fish, in such a manner as to prevent its escape, 

 and a long cord fastened to the ring. When thus 

 prepared, the fish is carried in a vessel of sea- 

 Water, and when the boatmen observe a turtle 

 sleeping, as is the frequent custom of those ani* 



v, iv. P. ii. 14 



