THE 



AMERICAN NATURALIST 



Vol. LIII. July-August, 1919 No. 627 



ON THE USE OF THE SUCKING-FISH FOR 

 CATCHINa FISH AND TURTLES: STUDIES 

 IN ECHENEIS OR REMORA, II. 



E. W. GUDGER 

 American- Museum of Natural History, New York Tity 



The Fishermax-Fish in Mozambique Waters 

 In the year 1884, Mr. Frederick Holmwood, British 

 Consul at Zanzibar, by publishing an article in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society of London, brought 

 this extraordinary use of this remarkable fish to the at- 

 tention of the scientific world. Chancing on this article, 

 I became greatly interested in the matter and have been 

 led to collect all the available data and to present it 

 herein to those who may be interested. 



On a trip in a steam launch from Pemba to Zanzibar, 

 Holmwood had his attention called to a number of remo- 

 ras which w^ere attached to the sides and bottom of the 

 boat. To these the natives on board gave the name 

 "Chazo." Later at Zanzibar he saw natives digging 

 out diminutive canoes, too small for any normal use, 

 which he was told were for the ''Chaza" (so he under- 

 stood the native word). Now "Chaza" is the word for 

 oysters or other bivalves, hence- he thought that these 

 were used to gather such in, but his servant told him 

 that it was a "house" for the "Cliazo" or sucking-fish 



