OF FISHES. 
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REMORA, on SUCKING-FISH. 
This fish is about eight or nine inches in 
length, of a dark blue colour, having a sucker 
on the top of his head about two inches long. 
The eyes are small, the mouth wide, and 
the under jaw longer than the upper, with 
two rows of small sharp teeth. It has two 
fins, one on each side of the gills; two under 
its belly, two near the tail, and one on the 
ridge of the back. It is considered to be the 
shark’s greatest enemy, and as it has got 
the power of adhering to whatever it sticks 
against, in the same manner as tire cupping 
glass sticks to the human body. It is by 
such an apparatus that this animal sticks to 
the shark, and drains away its moisture. 
They arc found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean 
and Mediterranean Sea. 
