MYXOSTOMA THALASSINTTM. 



Measurements of iwo specimens of Myxostoma album. 



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Length, inches 



Depth (percentage of length to base of caudal') 



Length of head 



Width of iuterorbital area 



Length of snout 



Diameter of orbit 



Length of base of dorsal 



Height of dorsal 



Height of last ray of dorsal 



Length of outer caudal rays „. 



Length of middle caudal rays 



Length of pectorals 



Number of dorsal rays 



Scales 



14943. 



m 



,30 

 .20 

 .10 



17 



ISJ 



2,12 



The form is elliptical, not much compressed, but rather elevated, 

 somewhat as iu Erimyzon sucelta. Head short and stout, bluntish, broad, 

 aud rounded above; mouth somewhat inferior ; the plicse of the lips few 

 and rather broken ; dorsal fin high, its free border somewhat concave; 

 caudal strongly forked ; color lustrous white, with greenish reflections. 



This is one of the largest species, reaching the weight of four pounds 

 or more. Professor Cope states that it is much valued as a food-fish by 

 pec pie living iu the neighborhood of Catawba River, where it is known 

 as the White Mullet. 



Specimens in United States National Museum. 



14. MYXOSTOMA THALASSINUM {Cope) Jordan. 

 Green Mullet. 

 1870 — Ptychostomus tJialassinus Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 472, 1870. 



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

 Myxostoma Ihalassina Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2d, 316, 1878. 

 Habitat.— Yadkin Kiver. 



