P.EMORA, J^ 



Genus XXVU.^Remora *. 



X HE reoiora, or fucking fi{h of the EngliJJj, is about 

 eighteen inches in length, almoft round. The fkin is 

 deftitute of fcales, fmooth, and hard like leather. The 

 head is oval, flattened , and broader than the body : The 

 jaws are of unequal length, the lower projedling beyond 

 the upper ; both however are armed with fmall fiiarp 

 immoveable teeth, covered by the lips f . The two ven- 

 tral fins are united by a membrane ; the perioral are of a 

 triangular fhape, and two inches and an half in length. 



The hind part of the head diftinguifhes the remora 

 from every other fiib ; it extends apparently two inches 

 upon the back ; it is quite flat, and flriated with tranf- 

 verfe lines, like the palate of other fifla. It is with this 

 part that the animal adheres to the belly of the white 

 Ihark fo clofely, that the latter when taken is found 

 {licking fall to its fkin J, 



* Remora, Rondel. Echineis Remora, Lin. Syft. 



f FiJe Guan. Hifc. pifcium, p 184. 



f Pe Terrey apud Willoughbium, p, JI9. 



