PISCES. 131 



TELEOSTOm. ■ ACANTHOPTERI. 



ECHENEIDIDAE. 



301. Remora remora (Linne). 

 Remora. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2271. 



Echeneis remora Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 260. 

 "in pelago Indico." 



Mass. — -Salem Harbor (Goode & Bean 1879); Woods Hole 

 (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898). 



302. Remora brachyptera (Lowe). 

 Swordfish sucker. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2272; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 330, fig. 797. 



Echeneis brachi/ptera Lowe, Proc. zool. soc. London, 1839, 

 p. 89. "Madeira." 



Echeneis l^-iaininatus Storer. Storer Mem. Amer. acad., 1863, 

 vol. 8, p. 406, pi. 22, fig. 4. 



Mass.— Holmes Hole (Storer 1839); Wellfleet (Storer 1863); 

 Massachusetts Bay (Goode & Bean 1879); Woods Hole (Baird 

 1873 and Smith 1898). 



303. Rhombochirus osteochir (Cuvier). 

 Spearfish sucker. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2273; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 330, fig. 798. 



Echeneis osteochir Cuv., Regne anim., ed. 2, 1829, vol. 2, p. 348. 



Mass.— Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898). 

 R. I. — Narragansett Bay (R. I. fish comm. 1899). 



