318 FISHES. 



pressed, the back elevated and arched; dorsal rays 14; 

 color silvery, with plumbeous shades above; lower fins 

 white; size small. Catawba and Yadkin Rivers. 



I^X Lips papillose, the plicae broken up by cross furrows. 



17. M. papulosa, (Cope). Jordan. Papillose Mullet. 

 Body comparatively stout, the dorsal region somewhat 

 elevated and rounded, the depth l)eing about 4 in length, 

 the head about the same; eye rather large, high up and 

 well back, the preorbital space being longer than in the 

 other species; top of head flat; dorsal rays 12 to 14; 

 scales rather large, 6 — 42 — 5; lips well developed, deeply 

 incised, almost as in Catostomusj color silvery; back 

 with smoky shading; lower fins white; size large, reaches 

 a length of about two feet. North Carolina to Georo-ia. 



4. MINYTREMA, Jordan. Striped Suckers. 



* Each scale with a large, square blackish spot at its base, these 

 forming more or less conspicuous stripes al'^n'- the sides; 

 body subterete, becoming deeper with age. 



1. M. melanops, (Raf.) Jordan. Spotted Mullet. 

 Striped Sucker. Head 4f in length; depth about 4; 

 scales very large; blackish above; sides coppery, with 

 black stripes; I). I, 12; lat. 1. 47; size large; adult 

 males with the sides of the head profusely tuberculate 

 in Spring; young specimens of this species have no 

 trace of lateral line, as in Eriinyzon; older ones (G — 8 

 inches) show a deepening of the furrows along the 

 median series of scales; adults of 12 to 18 inches show 

 a series of completely developed tubes, which, however, 

 are wanting on some of the scales, especially behind; as 

 l^rbnyzon never shows any traces of the tubes of the 

 lateral line, these. peculiarities may be held to indicate 

 generic distinction, and the name Minytrema is here 



