The Flatheaded Cat; Brown Cat 



and brown; anal rays white, in marked contrast with the dusky 

 membranes. 



Flatheaded Cat ; Brown Cat 



Ameiurus platycepJialus (Girard) 



Head 3^-; depth ^\ to 8; A. 16 to 20. Body extremely long, 

 mesially nearly round; head low, flat and broad, especially in old 

 examples, its width 3 to 5 in length of body; upper jaw strongly 

 projecting; dorsal fin high, f length of head, its spine nearer 

 snout than adipose fin; caudal fin emarginate. Colour, clear olive 

 brown, varying into yellowish or greenish; a dark horizontal bar 

 at base of dorsal. Length 15 to 18 inches. 



This is the most slender species of the genus, and is almost 

 entirely herbivorous as to its food, its elongate intestine being 

 usually well-filled with water plants. 



It is abundant in the streams of the Carolinas and Georgia 

 from Cape Fear to the Chattahoochee. It is regarded as a good 

 food-fish. 



GENUS LEPTOPS RAFINESQUE 

 Mud Cats 



Body elongate, slender, and much depressed anteriorly; head 

 large, very wide, and depressed; skin very thick, entirely con- 

 cealing the skull; eye small; mouth very large, the lower jaw 

 always projecting beyond the upper; teeth in broad villiform 

 bands on the premaxilliaries and dentaries; adipose fin large, its 

 long base over posterior half of anal; anal fin small; caudal 



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