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LINEATED REMORA. 



Echeneis Lineata. E. cauda cuneata, striis capitis decern, lineis 

 alhis utrinque duabus longitudinalibus. Menz. Lin. Trans. 

 I. p. I87.pl 17. f. 1. 



Remora with cuneated tail, ten streaks on the shield, and two 

 longitudinal white lines on each side of the body. 



This species is an inhabitant of the Pacific 

 ocean, and is thus described by Mr. Archibald 

 Menzies, in the first volume of the transactions 

 of the Linnasan Society. 



" The body of this fish is about five inches 

 long, subulate, smooth, and of a dark brown co- 

 lour, dotted all over with minute darker spots, 

 and ornamented with two whitish longitudinal 

 lines on each side, which begin at the eyes, and 

 end in the tail ; the under mandible is a little 

 longer than the upper, and both are furnished 

 with minute teeth : the clypeus on the top of 

 the head has but ten transverse streaks, which 

 is the chief distinction of this species." 



In its general proportions this fish approaches 

 very near to the E. Neucrates, but seems to be 

 a truly distinct species; differing not only in the 

 white lines along the body, but much more re- 

 markably, in the far smaller number of divisions 

 on the shield, which, in a young specimen of 

 the E. Neucrates, I have observed to be as nu- 

 merous as in the more advanced animal. The 

 specimen described by Mr, Menzies was found 

 adhering to a turtle. 



