ECHENEIS, the REMORA, in ichthyology; a genus belonging to the order of thoracici. The head is fat, naked, depressed, and marked with a number of transverse ridges; it has ten rays in the branchiostegic membrane; and the body is naked. There are two plate species, viz. 1. The remora, or sucking-fish, with a CLXXIII. forked tail, and 18 striae on the head. It is found in the Indian ocean. 2. The neucrates, with an undivided tail, and 16 striae on the head. It is likewise a native of the Indian ocean. These fishes are often found adhering so strongly to the sides of sharks and other great fish, by means of the structure of its head, as to be got off with difficulty. This fish was believed, by all the ancients, to have most wonderful powers, and to be able, by adhering to the bottom, to arrest the
the motion of a ship in its fullest course; and in love affairs, to deaden the warmest affections of both sexes (Pha. lib. ix. c. 25.).