150 Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



GENUS IV. PIMELODUS, Cuv. 

 Palate smooth and without teeth. Barbels varying from six to eight. 

 Casque occasionally present. 



1. Pimelodus catus, Lin. 



Fuliginous, darker upon the head and back, approaching to black ; lighter upon the sides, 

 tinged with cupreous ; white beneath, in front of the ventrals. Upper jaw the longer. 

 Caudal nearly even, rounded. The barbels at the angle of the upper jaw the longest. 



D. 1-5. P. 1-8. V. 8. A.21. C. 19. Length, 7 to inches. 



Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Ayres. New York, 

 Mitchill, Cuv., Dekat. Lake Ontario, Lesueur. South Carolina, Cuv. 



Cat-fish, Catesby's Hist. Carol., n. p. 23, pi. 23. 

 Silurus catus, Lin., Syst. Nat 



" « Common Freshwater Catfish, Mitchii.l, Trans. Lit. anil Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 433. 



Pimelodus nebulosus, Lesueur, Memoires du Museum, v. p. 149. 



" " Horned Pont, Storer's Report, p. 102. 



Le Pimelode chat, Pimelodus catus, Cuv. el Val., xv. p. 121. 

 Le Pimelode nubuleux, Pimelodus nebulosus, Cuv. et Val., xv. p. 132. 

 Pimelodus catus, Common Cat-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 182, pi. 37, fig. 119. 



2. Pimelodus coenosus, Richardson. 



Greenish above, marbled with deeper green ; paler beneath ; fins blackish. Labials end- 

 ing in a tapering barbel, which reaches to the gill-opening. Pectoral spine serrated at its 

 posterior edge by ten or eleven acute teeth. The outline of the dorsal, anal, and caudal 

 rounded. 



B. 9. D. 1-7. P. 1-8. V. 8. A. 24. C. 17&. Length, 10 inches. 



Lake Huron, Richardson. 



Silurus (Pimelodus) ccenosus, Huron Pimelode, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Arneric, HI. p. 132. 

 Le Pimelode sali (Pimelodus ccenosus, Rich), Cuv. et Val., xv. p. 129. 

 Pimelodus ccenosus, Dekay's Report, p. 186. 



3. Pimelodus borealis, Richardson. 



Dark greenish brown on the back and sides ; on the belly, whitish. Head flat and broad. 

 Neither pectoral nor dorsal spine serrated. Dorsal subquadrangular. Caudal has a wide, 

 shallow fork, with obtusely rounded lobes. 



D. 1-6. P. 1-6. V. 9. A. 25. C. 17^. Length, 30 inches. 



Northern regions, Richardson. 



Silurus (Pimelodus) borealis, Maeteneg, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Arneric, HI. p. 135. 

 Le Pimelode boreal (Pimelodus borealis, Rich.), Cuv. el Val., xv. p. 130. 

 Pimelodus borealis, Dekay's Report, p. 1S7. 



4. Pimelodus albidus, Lesueur. 

 Whitish ash. Fins red, excepting the adipose fin, which is brown. 



