108 coNTKir.! Ti<\s TI NOIITII AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



1OG. I. !:: l*\ \Vallianm .1. A ('',. Cat -fifh oflhe Lakes; Great Fork- toiled Cat; 



.;//</ C,tt : Hnritla Ciri ; I-'linnnl-inuitth Cut. 



Oli\ "aceo us slaty, growing darker with age; sides pale, without dark 

 spots; anal dusky edged. I',od\ rather stouter than in /. 

 Hi-ad much broader, lower, and more depressed than in /. 

 its Lrrcntcst \\idtli live-sixths its length, Interorbital space souiewli::t 

 more than half the length of head. "Width of the month about half 

 head. Kye moderate, wholly in front of middle point of head. Top of 

 head eovered with a thicker skill than in pum-tatim, so that the bones 

 ore nearly concealed. Upper surface of head quite llattish, so that the 

 eyes are inueh nearer the upper than the lower surface of the head. 

 Ilarliels Ion--, all black, the maxillary barbel reaching beyond head. 

 Humeral process very short and blunt, covered by skin, a little more 

 than one-third the length of the pectoral spine. Caudal deeply forked, 

 the upper lobe rather longer and narrower than the lower. Dorsal a 

 little nearer snout than adipose fin. Head 4 in length; depth 5. Dis- 

 tance to dorsal spine 2^. Anal base as long as head. D. I, 5; P. I, 9; 

 A. IT), British America to Florida and Texas ; abundant in all largo 

 bodies of water. One of the largest of the cat-fishes, reaching a weight 

 of 100 pounds. 



( ? <;<i<ln Idruxtrix Wallianin, Artedi Pise. 1792, 144: f 1'iniclinlnn lioratli* Kirhurdson, 

 Fuuua I'nir.-AiinT. l"i>h. 135: fAinliiniH biirmU^ (iiint her, v, lilO: J'itntlodns >i'njri- 

 ctnifi I,i- Siiriir, Mc'ni. Mus. v, 1")3, Ibli): Amiurua nitjricany Jordau, 1. e. K'>: Annurus 



lii>i;<ili.-s .lunlail, 1. r. - 1. ) 



/////-. Anal tin very I'Mi^, of 'J5ra\s. 



1O7. n. B>a:dca'ostis (Bean) J. & G. Great Cat-fish. 



IIIiiNi slate altove, whitish below. Form of L Jnciinfrin, but the 

 bod\ deeper and the head and mouth broader. Greatest depth .'U in 

 leu-Hi. Mead:;;-; its widl li 1 '. Dorsal nearer snout than adipose I'm. 

 <'audal I'm not deeply forked. 1'. 1,11; A. .'Jo. (Urdu.) i\Iississip])i 

 h'ivei (S.iint Louis). I'robiddy the largest ol' the cat tishes, the original 

 t\pe ." li-ci in length and \\ci-hin- l.'.it pounds. 



''Him* i><> mil* ,-i. I 1 :...-, r. s. Nat. Mus. ii. '>:'., 1S79.) 



(in. I'.niix liridx' 1 liiiiii nccijiiit In clnrsal (in coniplcir ami rnnl iiiiinu--. 

 </. \n.il m"l--i.iii-. ii-i:i\>'.'l ::n, its hasr :; L- 1 ' m Im^ih ill' Ixi. ly. 



ION. I. pu:i'f:HHs f KaC. > .lor. -r//,///H,7 c,,i; ll'liita Cat. 



Color li-ht oli\aceoiis ;iho\r, the sides pale or silvery, and almost 

 alw:i\s with irregular small, round, dark spots. Fins often with dark 

 ftdgingS. I '.ndy rather Ion-- ;md slender, the, back little elevated. 

 Head rather small, narrow, convex above, so that tlie eye is little 



