30. CATOSTOMID^ — MOXOSTOMA. 
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a56. M. coi’CgOMtas (Cope) Jordan . — Blue Mullet. 
Muzzle couic, umcli projecting beyond the very small mouth; body 
much compressed, broadly fusiform, the back elevated and arched. 
Dorsal rays 14. Color silver}', with plumbeous shades above; lower 
fins white. Size small. Catawba and Yadkin liivers, North Carolina 
(Cope.) 
{Pltjchostomus corcgonus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soe. Phila. 1870, 472; Jordan, Man. 
Vert. 317; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 134.) 
tt Lower lip thin, forming a narrow, crescent-shai^ed border around tbe mandible. 
ISy. jTI. al9>sim (Cope) Jordan . — White Mullet. 
Head small, 5 times in length. Muzzle prominent, but less so than 
in M. coregonus. Mouth moderate. Back a little elevated. Depth 
about in length. Dorsal rays 12-14, its free border often incised. 
Scales G-45-5. Coloration very pale; lower fins white. Size large; 
reaches a weight of 4 pounds or more. Catawba and other rivers of 
North Carolina. 
(Ptgchostonius albus Cope, Proc. Amer. Pbil. Soc. Pbila. 1870, 472; Jordan, Man. Yert. 
316; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 130.) 
15§. M. tliaSassinussi (Cope) Jordan. 
Head stout, as in M. velatiim, rather long, 4 in length, flattish above, 
muzzle truncate, not very prominent. Mouth moderate. Back elevated. 
Dorsal fin long, of 14 or 15 rays. Sea-green above, white below ; lower 
fins white. Yadkin Kiver. {Cope.) 
{Ptijchostoinus thalassinus Cope, Proc. Amer. Pbil. Soc. Pbila. 1870, 472; Jordan, Man. 
Vort. 316; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 131.) 
ttl Lower lip full, its po.sterior edge truncate. 
d. Dorsal rays 15-18 in number. 
159. M. cai’B>ao (Val.) Jordan. — Car]) Mullet. 
Dorsal fin largely developed, its rays 15-18 in number. Head rather 
large, 3!|-4^ in length, broad above. Mouth large, with full lips. Eye 
rather large. Body deep, strongly compressed, the back somewhat 
elevated, the depth about 3^ in length. Dorsal fin high and large, 
larger than in any other species of the genus, the first ray about as 
long as the base of the fin. Scales '5-43-4, quite large. Coloration 
very pale and silvery; the lower' fins white. Ohio Yalley, Great Lakes, 
and northward. 
{Catostomus carpio Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. xvii, 4.57, 1844: Catostomiis earpio 
Giintber, vii, 20; Jordan, Man. Vert. 312; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xii, 118.) 
