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Genus Lepisosteus Lacepede 31 



L. osseus (Linnseus). Long-nosed Gar *31 



L. platostomus Rafinesque. Short-nosed Gar *34 



L. tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider). Alligator-gar 35 



Order Cycloganoidea 37 



Family Amiidse. Boivfins 37 



Genus Amia Linnseus 38 



A. calva Linnseus. Dogfish *38 



Order Isospondyli 42 



Family Hiodontidse. Moorieyes 42 



Genus Hiodon Le Sueur 43 



H. alosoides (Rafinesque). Northern Mooneye 43 



H. tergisus Le Sueur. Toothed Herring 44 



Family Dorosomidse. Gizzard-shad 45 



Genus Dorosoma Rafinesque 45 



D. cepedianum (Le Sueur). Gizzard-shad *45 



Family Clupeidae. Herrings 47 



Genus Pomolobus Rafinesque 48 



P. chrysochloris Rafinesque. Golden Shad 48 



Genus Alosa Cuvier 49 



A. ohiensis Evermann. ' Ohio Shad 49 



Famil}^ Salmonidse. The Salmon Family 50 



Genus Coregonus (Artedi) Linnseus 51 



C. clupeiformis (Mitchill). Common Whitefish 51 



Genus AJgyrosomus Agassiz 53 



A. artedi (Le Sueur) . Lake Herring 54 



Genus Cristivomer Gill & Jordan 55 



C. namaycush (Walbaum). Great Lake Trout 56 



Order Apodes 58 



Family Anguillidse. Eels 58 



Genus Anguilla Shaw 59 



A. chrysypa Rafinesque. Fresh-water Eel 59 



Order Eventognathi 61 



Family Catostomidse. Suckers 61 



Genus Cycleptus Rafinesque 65 



C. elongatus (Le Sueur). Missouri Sucker 65 



Genus Ictiobus Rafinesque 66 



I. cyprinella (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Red-mouth Buffalo. *68 



I. urus (Agassiz). Mongrel Buffalo *70 



L bubalus (Rafine?que). Small-mouth Buffalo *72 



Genus Carpiodes Rafinesque 74 



C. carpio (Rafinesque). Common River Carp *76 



C. difformis Cope. Blunt-nosed River Carp *77 



C. velifer (Rafinesque). Quillback *78 



C. thompsoni Agassiz. Lake Carp *79 



Genus Erimyzon Jordan 80 



E. sucetta oblongus (Mitchill). Chub-sucker *81 



Genus Minytrema Jordan 82 



M. melanops (Rafinesque). Spotted Sucker *83 



Genus Catostomus Le Sueur 84 



