MYXOSTOMA PAPILLOSUM. 



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convex, sometimes concave. The following are the measurements of 

 two specimens: — 



Length, inches 



Depth (percentage of length) 



Head 



Width of interorbital area .. 



Length of snout 



Diameter of orbit 



Length of base of dorsal 



Height of longest ray 



Height of last ray 



Dorsal rays 



Scales 



14989. 



18536. 



In color, this species is smoky above, the sides silvery, the lower fins 

 white. 



Professor Cope says that " they attain one foot in length, and do not 

 exceed one pound in weight". I have specimens a foot and a half long 

 and of three pounds or more weight. 



In the Ocmulgee, the species is next to M. cervinum the most abundant, 

 and is called the White Mullet, or Sucker. Professor Cope found it 

 quite abundant in the Catawba and the Yadkin Eivers, where it "is 

 highly valued by the inhabitants as an article of food. It is regarded 

 as the best of tlie Catostomi for that purpose. It is less frequently 

 caught on the hook than some other species, but in the autumn, they 

 come upon the weirs in considerable numbers. The fishermen call it 

 the 'Shiner'." 



Specimens in the United Slates National Museum. 



Number. 



14939 

 18536 

 18537 

 18538 

 18970 

 20906 



Locality. 



Kinston, N. C 



Kiustou, N. C 



Kinston, N.C 



Kinston, N. C 



Kinston, N. C 



Kinston, N. C 



Ocmulgee Eiver, Ga. 



Collector. 



J. W. Milner. 

 ,T. W. Milner. 

 J. W. Milner. 

 .T. W. Milner. 

 J. W. Milner. 

 J. W. Milner. 

 D. S. Jordan. 



