134 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY III. 



18. MYXOSTOMA COEEGONUS (Cope) Jordan. 



Blue Mullet. 



1870 — Ftychostomus coregonus Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 472. 



Teretulus coregonns Jordan & Copeland, Check List, l.')8, 1876. (Name only.) 

 Myxostoma coregonus Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2d, 317, 1878. 



Habitat. — Catawba and Yadkin Rivers, North Carolina. 



I have not seen this species. Professor Cope states that "it never 

 exceeds a foot in length, and is very abundant in the Catawba and 

 Yadkin Eivers. It is caught with the preceding two species and is 

 used for food, but is the least valued of all the species. It is called at 

 Morganton, Blue Mullet." There are no specimens in the National 

 Museum. 



19. MYXOSTOMA PAPILLOSUM (Cope) Jordan. 



Papillose Mullet. 



1870 — Ptycliostomus pappillosus Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 470. 



Teretulus pappillosus Jordan &, Copeland, Check List, 158, 1876. (Name only.) 

 Myxostoma papillosum Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi, 366, 1877. (Ocmul- 



gee River.) 

 Myxostoma papillosa Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2d, 318, 1878. 



Habitat. — ^North Carolina to Georgia. 



This species appears to be very abundant in all the streams from the 

 Great Pedee to the Altamaha. In its general character and appearance, 

 it is very similar to the rest of the genus; but the mouth is remarkably 

 different, the lower lip being full, thick, decidedly papillose, strongly 

 incised behind, being very much as in Catostomus nigricans. 



My specimens do not agree very well with Professor Cope's descrip- 

 tion; but this is probably due to their greater size. Still, a possibi- 

 lity exists that two species of this type inhabit our South Atlantic 

 States. 



The head in my specimens is very large, flattish above, narrowed for- 

 wards, and more than one fourth of the length, without caudal. The 

 mouth is very large and inferior. The body is oblong, compressed, 

 heavy forwards ; the back moderately elevated. The eye is quite large, 

 high up, and well back. The free border of the dorsal fin is sometimes 



