White Mullet 



dd. Dorsal fin with its free margin always more or less incised 

 or concave; lower fins always pale in life. 



e. Head moderate, 4f in body; back not elevated; 



macrolepidotum, 1 

 ee. Head very short and blunt, 5 in body; back elevated;... 



crassilabre, 63 



cc. Caudal fin with the upper lobe more or less produced 61 

 and falcate bremceps, 64 



White Mullet 



Moxostoma papillosum (Cope) 



Coastwise streams from the Dismal Swamp to the Ocmulgee 

 River in Georgia; said to be common. 



Head 4 to 4^-; depth 4 to 4\', D, 12 to 14; scales 6-42-5. 

 Body comparatively stout, the dorsal region somewhat elevated 

 and rounded; eyes rather large, high up and well back, the 

 preorbital space longer than in most species; top of head flat; 

 lips moderate, deeply incised, the folds more broken up than in 

 other species; caudal lobes equal. Colour, silvery; back with 

 smoky shading; lower fins more or less reddish. Length i to 

 2 feet. 



White-nosed Sucker 



Moxostoma anisuntm (Rafinesque) 



This species reaches a length of \\ feet or more, and is not 

 uncommon in the Great Lakes region and southward in the Ohio 

 basin. 



Head 3$ to 4 in length; depth 3 to 4; eye 4 to 5 in head; 

 depth of cheek 2 in head; D. 15 to 18. Body stout, deep and 

 compressed, the back elevated; head short, heavy, flattish and 

 broad above; eye rather large, midway in head; muzzle rather 

 prominent, bluntish, overhanging the large mouth; upper lip thin; 

 fins very large, the dorsal hng and high, its height \\ in length 

 of head, its free border straight, the first ray about as long as the 

 fin; pectorals nearly reaching vetitrals; upper lobe of caudal narrow, 

 longer than lower. Colour, very pale and silvery; smoky above; 

 lower fins white or pale red. 



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