FAMILY, XIX-SCOMBRIDiE. 259 



Remora albescens, Bleeker, Ternate, 18G3, p. 2. 



B. vii, D. 12-13 | 17-22, P. 19, V. 1/5, A. 19-22, C. 15. 



Length of head 4f , including disk 3-^, of disk 4, width of body between pectorals 5 \, of caudal 8J in the 

 total length. Eyes — 2^- diameters in the postorbital portion of the head, 2^- from end of snout, apart 

 superiorly, and slightly less inferiorly. Body wide anteriorly, width of sucker equals 2/3 of its length. Mouth 

 obtuse : lower jaw the longer, the maxilla reaches to below the hind nostril or the third lamina of the disk. 

 Teeth — vilHform in jaws, vomer, and palatines : an outer enlarged series in lower jaw and vomer. Fins — 

 second dorsal commences in the second third of the distance between the bases of pectoral and caudal fins, 

 and opposite the anal. Ventral equals the distance between the eye and base of pectoral. Caudal very slightly 

 emarginate. Scales — rudimentary. Colours — uniform brown. 



The specimen figured (12 inches in length and stuffed) is from Sir W. Elliot's collection, and very 

 curiously resembles partly Dr. Giinther's species and partly E. albescens, Temm. and Schleg. Agreeing with 

 the latter, it has 13 lamina?, the length of the disk 1/4 of the total, mouth obtuse, angle of mouth below 

 the third lamina, the length of the ventrals equals the distance between the base of the pectoral and the 

 posterior margin of the eye. But instead of 22 rays in the second dorsal it has 17, and A. 19 instead of 22, 

 still this variation is not more than is observed in some of the other species. 



Habitat. — Seas of India, Japan, and the Cape. 



12 L 2 



