MYXOSTOMA EURYOPS. 



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Moxostoma carpio Jordan, Man. Vert. 296, 1876. 



Teretulus carpio Nelson, Bull. No. 1, Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist. 49, 1876. 



Teirtulus carpio Jordan & Copeland, Check List, 157, 1876. (Name only.) 



Moxostoma carpio Jordan & Gilbert, iu Klippart's Rept. Fish Cornm. Ohio, 53, 



1877. (Name only.) 

 Myxosioma carpio Jordan, Man. Vert. E. U. S. cd. 2il, 312, 1878. 



Habitat. — Great Lake Region and northward. Also iu the Ohio River. 



This si)ecies is appareutly uot very coamion, and its distributiou is 

 probably chiefly northward. I have obtained but one living specimen, 

 a fine larjie one, from Lac des Buttes des Morts, iu Northeastern Wis- 

 consin. This specimen in life was extremely pale and silvery, its fins 

 having none of the orange coloration common to most of the species. 

 M. carpio is related to ilf. macrolepidotum, bat the much greater develop- 

 ment of the dorsal will always distinguish it. 



Specimens in United Stales National Museum. 



Number. 



10793 

 11214 

 12270 

 12271 

 12293 



Locslity. 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



Alpena, Mich. (Lake Huron) 



Cincinnati. Ohio 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



Marietta, Ohio 



Collector. 



J. W. Milner. 

 J. W. Milner. 

 J. W. Milner. 

 J. W. Milner. 

 J. W. Milner. 

 Prof. Andrews. 



4. MYXOSTOMA EURYOPS Jordati. 



Snub-nosed Sucker. 



1876 — Teretulus curyops Jordan &. Copeland, Check List, 157. (Name only.) 

 Myxostoma euryops Jordan, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. 348, 1877. 

 Myxostoma euryops Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2d, 312, lh78. 

 Habitat. — Alabama River. 



This species is still known only from the type specimen obtained in 

 Lovejoy's Creek, a small tributary of Oostanaula Kiver, a few miles 

 north of Eome, Ga. The species is most nearly related to .1/. macrolepi- 

 dotum^ and it is barely possible that the type specimen is a monstrosity 

 of that species. The peculiarities of the mouth, and the fact that the 

 bones of the head seem to be normally developed, lead me to consider it 

 a distinct species. 



