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tip ; eye Gys ; maxillary 3 ; interorbital space i % ; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 6. Body slender, elongate, depressed ante- 

 riorly, trunk tapering cylindrically tO' caudal fin. Head broadly 

 depressed or flattened above with an elongate sucking-disk, its 

 width 2j^ in its length. Snout broad, depressed, profile when 

 viewed above rounded. Eye circular, midway on side of head 

 from tip of snout. Mouth a little oblique and mandible well 

 protruded beyond tip of snout. Teeth uniform, rasp-like. Max- 

 illary falling about an eye-diameter in advance of orbit. Gill- 

 rakers 3 + 9, lanceolate, longest 3 in orbit. Scales minute, so 

 that surface of body has a coriaceous appearance. Dorsal inserted 

 a little nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, anteriorly elevated 

 but without lobe. Anal similar, inserted about opposite. Caudal 

 a little convex, with upper and lower edges hardly produced. 

 Pectoral half way to vent. Ventral inserted a little posterior to 

 origin of pectoral and also half way to vent. Color brownish, 

 belly dark like back. Side with a broad stripe of dusky-brown 

 from snout to caudal, and edged with whitish. Caudal black, its 

 outer ang'les whitish. Dorsal and anal, broadly edged with 

 whitish anteriorly. Pectoral and ventral blackish. Length about 

 a foot. New Jersey. 



I have many examples of this fish from our coast, where it is 

 common at times. They are usually attached to large fishes, such 

 as sharks, also large turtles, which they will leave at times if 

 tempted with a baited hook. They are also attached without 

 regard tO' species. One was taken at Long Beach. 



Bckeneis albicauda Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 814. 



Bcheneis naucrates Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 

 360. 



Genus Remora Gill. 



The Remoras. 

 Remora remora (Linnaeus). 



Remora. 



A stout-bodied species with 18 dorsal laminae, and 23 rays in 

 the soft dorsal. 



