54 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY III. 



Genus SE]\ir)'riLUS Rafinesque. .. 

 43. Semotilus couporalis {Mit.) Putnam. 

 Common in the smaller streams. 



Genus lUIINICHTHYS Agassh. 



44. IlHINICHTHYS OBTUSUS AgasSlZ. 



Very common iu the spring runs tributary to the Etowah aud Oosta- 



n a 111 a. 



CATOSTOMID^. 



Genus MYXOSTOMxV Rafinesque. 

 45. Myxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnii [Le S.) Jordan. 



The "Red Horse" is common iu the Etowah and Oostanaula. Var. 

 lachrymale (Cope) also occur.;. 



4G. jMyxostoma euryops Jordan. 



Myxostoma euryops Jokdan (1877), Aud. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 348. 



From Lovejoy's Creek, a tributary ot the Oostanaula. The type-speci- 

 men of this singular sjx'cics still remains uniriue. 



Genus CATOSTOMUS Le Sueur. 

 47. CATOSTOMUS NIGRICANS ETOWANUS Jordan. 



Cntostomnit nigricuna var. ctouuiiuK JoitOAN (1877), Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist N. Y. 



Tlic llog Mullet, or Ciawl a-bottoni, is very abundant in all ra|)id 

 Htreams in the Alabama Basin. The characters separating var. ctoica- 

 nuH from nigricans seem to be i)retty constant. I do not, however, 

 think them distinct s[)ccics. 



Genu.s KRIMVZUN Jordan. 

 48. Erimvzon sucetta [Lac.) Jordan. 

 This species, kiu)wn locally as the May Sucker, is abundant in the 

 water-basin of the Alabama. 



Genus MINVrUKMA Jordan, 

 v.). Minvtrema melanops Jordan. 

 The "Sand Sucker" is abundant in the waters of the Alabama. 



