ctm 
496 Storer on the 
which, although it is described as having 18 plates, 
Yarrell’s specimen had 17; and of two individuals 
from Cuba, lying before me, one has 18, and the 
other 19 plates. 
EJ 
E. quatuordecimlaminatus. Nobis. The fourteen 
plated Remora. 
From the only specimen I have met with, which 
was kindly sent me by Dr. Yale, I am enabled to 
furnish the following description : 
Entire length, five and a half inches. Body of a 
light reddish brown color, rather darker beneath. 
The lateral line commences at the origin of the 
pectorals, and making a slight curve over them to 
their extremities, is continued in a straight line to 
the tail. Length of the head, one inch three lines ; 
gill-covers large ; lower jaw two lines longer than 
the upper ; jaws armed with strong, sharp, recurved 
teeth ; teeth also in the pharynx, upon the palatine 
bones and the root of the tongue. Gape of the 
mouth moderate in size. Hye, one line in diame- 
ter. Top of the head entirely covered by an adhe- 
sive disk, which commences at the tip of the upper 
jaw, and extending on each side to the eyes, termi- 
nates on a plane with the posterior half of the pec- 
torals, about three lines back of the posterior edge 
of the operculum. This disk is surrounded by @ 
fleshy margin, which is tipped with a darker brown 
than the color of the body, and is divided in its 
middle by a longitudinal fleshy septum, on each side 
