THE SUCKERS 



abundant in the northern upland streams of the 

 Great Lake region, eastward to Maine, and south 

 to Virginia. The coloration is dark olive above, 

 and the young have a distinct black lateral band, 

 which, as the fish grows older, breaks up into 

 bars. 



The winter or spotted sucker is a native of the 

 Great Lake region, and is technically known as 

 Minytrema melanops, the generic name from two 

 Greek words, implying " reduced " and " aperture," 

 in reference to the irregularity of the lateral line ; 

 the specific, also from the Greek, meaning " black " 

 and " appearance." The maximum length of this 

 fish is about eighteen inches; it has an oblong 

 body, very slightly compressed. The head is 

 medium in size, and the scales are large, firm, 

 and regular, each one on the sides having a more 

 or less distinctive blackish spot at its base, forming 

 interrupted lines fore and aft, thus indicating the 

 appropriateness of its technical generic name. 



The white-nosed sucker is also a native of the 

 Great Lake region ; it does not appear to have 

 any other common name, but its scientific appel- 

 lative is thoroughly descriptive of its external 

 anatomy. It is known as Moxostoma anisurum, 

 the first or generic name from the Greek, signify- 

 ing " to suck " and " mouth," and the latter or 



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