CONTENTS V 



PAGE 



Genus Lepisosteus Laeepede 31 



L. osseus (Linnaeus'). Long-nosed Gar 31 



L. platostomus Rafinesque. Short-nosed Gar 34 



L. tristcechus (Bloch & Schneider). Alligator-gar 35 



Order Cycloganoidea 37 



Family Amiidae. Bowfins ■ 3 7 



Genus Amia Linnaeus 38 



A. calva Linnaeus. Dogfish 38 



Order Isospondyli 42 



Family Hiodontidae. Mooneyes 42 



Genus Hiodon Le Sueur 43 



H. alosoides (Rafinesque). Northern Mooneye 43 



H. tergisus Le Sueur. Toothed Herring 44 



Family Dorosomidae. Gizzard-shad 45 



Genus Dorosoma Rafinesque 45 



D. cepedianum (Le Sueur). Gizzard-shad 45 



Family Clupeidae. Herrings 47 



Genus Pomolobus Rafinesque 48 



P. chrysochloris Rafinesque. Golden Shad 48 



Genus Alosa Cuvier 49 



A. ohiensis Evermann. Ohio Shad 49 



Family Salmonidae. The Salmon Family 50 



Genus Coregonus (Artedi) Linnaeus 51 



C. clupeiformis (Mitchill). Common Whitefish 51 



Genus Argyrosomus Agassiz 53 



A. artedi (Le Sueur). Lake Herring 54 



Genus Cristivomer Gill & Jordan 55 



C. namaycush (Walbaum). Great Lake Trout 56 



Order Apodes 58 



Family Anguillidae. Eels 58 



Genus Anguilla Shaw 59 



A. chrysypa Rafinesque. American Eel 59 



Order Eventognathi 6 1 



Family Catostomidae. Suckers 61 



Genus Cycleptus Rafinesque 65 



C. elongatus (Le Sueur). Missouri Sucker 65 



Genus Ictiobus Rafinesque 66 



I. cyprinella (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Red-mouth Buffalo 68 



I. urus (Agassiz). Mongrel Buffalo 70 



I. bubalus (Rafinesque). Small-mouth Buffalo 72 



Genus Carpiodes Rafinesque 74 



('. carpio (Rafinesque). Common River Carp 76 



C. difformis Cope. Blunt-nosed River < 'arp 77 



C. velifer (Rafinesque). Quillbat k 78 



C. thompsoni Agassiz. Lake Carp 7') 



Genus Erimyzon Jordan 80 



E. sucetta oblongtis (Mitchill). Chub-sucker 81 



Genus Minytrema Jordan 82 



M. melanops (Rafinesque). Spotted Sucker 83 



Genus Catostomus Le Sueur 83 



