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specific, also from the Greek, meaning " unequal " 

 and " tail." It has a deep stout body, much com- 

 pressed, with an elevated back, and a head short 

 and heavy, and broad and flat above. The snout 

 or muzzle is prominent, and overhangs the large 

 mouth, the upper lip of which is thin, and the 

 lower strongly V-shaped. The upper lobe of the 

 tail is longer than the lower, and the fins are very 

 large. 



The common red-horse, variously called mullet, 

 white sucker, and large-scaled sucker, is found in 

 the Great Lakes, westward to the Missouri River 

 and south to Arkansas and Georgia. It is recog- 

 nized in the books as Moxostoma aureolum, the 

 specific name from the Latin, meaning " gilded." 

 It is a stoutish fish, with full lips and bluntish 

 muzzle extending beyond the large mouth. It 

 has a large eye, large scales, and the coloration is 

 olivaceous above, with silvery sides, and the lower 

 fins in the adult fish are of a red-orange color. 



