72 Kansas Academy of science. 



I. velifer, Rafinesque. Buffalo Fish, Quillback, Spear Fish, Sail Fish, Skimback. 

 "Eureka lake," (Kansas river.) (Catostomus velifer Raf., Ich. Oh., 1820. /. velifer Jor- 

 dan, 1884.) 



I. velifer var. bison, Agassiz. Same locality as above. Less common. (Agassiz Amer. 

 Jour. Sci. Arts, 1854, as Carpiodes bison.) 



I. urus, Agassiz. Mongrel Buffalo. Kansas river and branches of Missouri. (Car- 

 piodes urus. Ag. Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1854.) 



I. bubalus (Raf.), Agassiz. Common Buffalo. Plentiful over State. (Amblodonbu- 

 balus, Raf. Jour. Phys., 1818. Agassiz Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1854. I. bubalus, Jordan, 

 Bull, U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



I. cyprinella (C. and V.) Ag. Jordan. Red-mouthed Buffalo, Big-mouth Buffalo. 

 Streams of Eastern Kansas. (Selrrognathas cyprinella C. and V., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1844.) 



Genus Cycleptus, Rafinesque. 



C. elongatus ( LeS.), Ag. Black-horse, Gourd-seed Sucker, Missouri Sucker, Suckerel. 

 Kansas river. A remarkable fish; not plentiful. (Castotomus elongatus LeS., Journ. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1817.) 



Genus Catostomus, LeSueur. 



C. teres, Mitchell. Common Sucker, White Sucker, Brook Sucker, Fine-scaled Sucker. 

 Common over State. Is the C. commersoni of Synopsis. ( Cyprinus teres Mitchell, Lit. 

 and Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1814. Catostomus teres, Giinther; also Jordan.) 



C. nigricans, Le Sueur. Hog Sucker, Stone Roller, Toter, Crawl-a-bottom, Hammer- 

 head, Stone Lugger, Hog Molley. Common; Kansas and Neosho rivers. (LeS. Jour. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1818. Hylomyzon nigricans Agassiz, Am. Jour. Sci. Arts, 1855.) 



Genus Erimyzon, Jordan. 



E. sucetta (Lac), Jor., var. oblongus, Jor. Creek Fish, Chub Sucker, Sweet Sucker. 

 Neosho and branches; common. (Cyprinus succeta Lac, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1803. Catos- 

 tomus gibbosus Storer, Fish Mass.; Jordan, Man. Vert.) 



Genus Minytreina, Jordan. 

 M. melanops (Raf.), Jordan. Spotted Mullet, Striped Sucker, Mingo Sucker. Com- 

 mon in the Neosho. (Catostomus melanops. Raf. Ich. Oh., 1820. C. fasciatus Jordan, 

 Man. Vert.) 



Genus Moxostoma, Rafinesque. 



M. macrolepidotum, LeSueur. Common Red-horse, Mullet, White Sucker, Large- 

 scaled Sucker. Plentiful. (Chtostomus macrolepidotus and duquesni LeSueur, Jour. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1817. Myxostoma macrolepidota, and vars. duquesni and lachrymoHs Jor- 

 dan, Man. Vert, and Jordan Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



M. aureolum (LeS.) Jordan. Red-horse. Not common. (Catostomus aureolus Le- 

 Sueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1817. C. macrolepidotus Jordan, Man. Vert.) 



Family Cyprin idee. 

 Genus Campostoma, Agassiz. 



C. anomalum (Raf.), Agassiz. Stone-roller, Stone-lugger. Common in small streams. 

 ( Until 'ns i, iii, mains Raf. Ich. Oh., Campostoma cattipteryx, mormyrus, gobionium, and hippops 

 Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864.) 



Genus Chrysomus, Rafinesque. 



C. erythrogaster, Agassiz. Red-bellied Dace. Marais des Cygnes river. ( Chrosomus 

 erythrogaster. Raf., Ich. Oh., 1820.) 



i renus llybogiiathus, Agassiz. 



II. placita, (Jirard. "A rare species. This specimen agrees with Girard's type." — 

 Jordan. Kansas river and other branches of Missouri. ((Jirard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1856.) 



