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Genus 276. CARPIODES Rafinesque. Carp suckers. 



Carpiodcs Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 56 (Cafostomus cyprinua 



LeSueur) . 

 Sclerognathus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XVII, 1844, 



472 {Catostomus cyprinus and Sclerognathus cyprinella Cuvier and 



Valenciennes; restricted to the former by Agassiz, 1854, to the 



latter by Gunther, 1868). 



714. Carpiodes cyprinus (LeSueur). Carp sucker; American carp; Carp; 



Qt/iUbnck. 



Streams about Chesapeake Bay; common in the Chesapeake and 

 Potomac, rare in the Delaware. 



Catostomus cyprinus LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 1817, 91, 

 Elk River and other tributaries of Chesapeake Bay. 



Carpiodes vacca Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVII, 1854, 356, Sus- 

 quehanna River. 



715. Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque). Carp sucker; Common river carp; Sucker. 



Ohio Valley and southwest to central Texas; generally abundant and 



variable. 

 Catostomus carpio Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 56, falls of the 



Ohio River. 

 Carpiodes nummifer Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XI, 1870, 484, Wabash 



River. 



716. Carpiodes cutisanserinus Cope. 



Allefiheiiy Basin. 



Carpiodes cutisanserinus Cope, Proc, Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila., XI, 1870, 



481, Kiskiminitas River, Pennsylvania (.\llegheny Basin). 

 Carpiodes selenc Cope, loc. cit., 1870, 41; supposed to be from Root 



River, Mich. 



717. Carpiodes diflformis Cope. Blunt-nosed river carp; Sucker. 



Ohio valley and westwarrl; generally common. 



Carpiodes ilijjormis Cope, Proc, Amer. Phil. Soc, XI, 1870, 480, 

 Wabash River. 



718. Carpiodes bison Aga.ssiz. 



Osage River. 



Carpiodes bison Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVII, 1854, 356, 

 Osage River, Mo. 



719. Carpiodes thompsoni Agassiz. Lake carp; Drum; Shad (Sandusky, Ohio). 



Creat Lakes region from Lake Champlain to Lake of the Woods, 



cliiefly northward. 

 Carpiodes thompsoni Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XVIII, 1855, 191, 



Lake Champlain. 



720. Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). Silver carp; Quillhack; Spearfish; Sail- 



Jish; Skimhack; Sailing sucker; Sailorfish. 

 Mississippi Valley and westward to the upper Missouri; more common 



northwarfl. 

 Catostomus relifcr Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 56, Ohio. 

 Carpiodes damalis Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII, 1856 



170, Milk River, Mont. 

 Carpiodes grayi Cope, Proc, Amer. Phil. Soc, XI, 1870, 482, Western 



Stales. 



721. Carpiodes tumidus Baird and Girard. Metalote; Buffalo. 



Lowland streams and lagoons, from the Rio Grande to the Rio Panuco 



and Tami)ico 

 Carpiodes tumidus Baird and Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 



1854, 28, Rio Grande at Fort Brown, Tex.; perhaps not separable 



from C. velifer. 



722. Carpiodes labiosus Meek. 



Strcaiu.s of eastern Mexico. 



Carpiodes labiosus Meek, Field Col. Mus., Zool., V, 1904, 29, fii?. 6, 

 Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



