MYXOSTOMA THALASSINTTM. 



Measurements of iivo specimens of Myxostoma album. 



131 



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 



18i 



2,12 



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

 somewhat as mErimyzon sueetta. Head short and stout, bluntish, broad, 

 and rounded above ; mouth somewhat inferior ; the plica? 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 

 pecple living in the neighborhood of Catawba Eiver, where it is known 

 as the White Mullet. 



Specimens in UniUd Slates National Museum. 



14. MYXOSTOMA TDALASSINUM {Cope) Jordan. 



(Ireen Mullet. 

 lS70—Pti/chostomus thalassinus CorE, Proc. Am. Philos, Soc. Phila. 472, 1870. 



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

 Mi/xostoma Ihalassina Jordan, Man. "Vert. ed. 2d, 310, 1878. 

 Habitat.— Yadkin Kiver. 



