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Nat ime, and by Artedi, and that in the later editions, Linnaeus placed 

 that species at the head of the genus." For that reason, the name Eche- 

 neis was retained for E. remora, and a new name, Leptecheneis, conferred 

 on E. naucrates and its allies. 



As, however, according to the custom now prevalent in Ichthyology, 

 Ave are not to go behind the tenth edition of the Systema Naturae, and 

 as the placing of a species "at the head of the genus' 7 had no signifi- 

 cance with Linnaeus, we think that Dr. GuTs first restriction of Eche- 

 neis should have precedence over the second. . 



The genera of Eeheneididcv thus far known are, then, the following: 



1. Remora Gill: type Eeheneis remora L.: Echeneis jacobcea Lowe. 



2. Eemilegia Gill: type Eeheneis australis Bennett. 



3. Bhombochirus Gill: type Eeheneis osteochir Cuvier. 



4. Echeneis Linn.: type Eeheneis naucrates L. 



o. Phtheieichtiiys Gill: type Echeneis U neat us Menzies. 



76. Echeneis naucrates L. 



Two specimens seen by Coues and Yarrow. 



Genus REMORA Gill. 



77. Remora jacobcea (Lowe) Gill. 



(Echeneis remora L.) 



Specimens seen by Dr. Yarrow, taken off Shackleford Banks. . 

 SPHYR^EXID^E. 

 Genus SPHYB.EXA Bloch. 



78. Sphyraena spet (Haiiy) Goode. 



Yo\mg specimens common in Beaufort Harbor. Our species is usually 

 called 8phyramS~borealis DeKay, without comparison with allied forms. 

 What fish DeKay had in mind is not clearly known. We identify our 

 Beaufort specimens with Sphyrama spet (Esox spliyrcena L., Sphyrama 

 vulgaris Auct.), the common species of Europe and the Middle Atlantic. 

 Whether the West Indian S. pyemia also occurs northward, to help 

 form the dubious Sphyrama horealis, is still uncertain. 



MUGILID.E. 



Genus ML T GJL Linnaeus. 



79. Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz. — White Mullet. 

 Very common in the harbor. 



80. Mugil plumieri Bloch. — Striped Mullet. 



The commonest food-fish of the North Carolina coast; everywhere 

 very abundant on the shoals in the harbor. 



Two species of Mugil certainly occur on our Atlantic coast, but they 

 have been confounded or misunderstood by nearly all writers except 



