1 52 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



Ohio, Louisiana, Lesueur. 



Pimelodus a queue fourchue, Pimelodus cauda-furcalus, Lesueur, M6moires du Museum, v. p. 152. 

 Le Pimelocle fourchu (Pimelodus furcatus, Lesueur), Cuv. et Val., xv. p. 13b". 

 Pimelodus furcatus, Dekay's Report, p. 187. 



9. Pimelodus pullus, Dekay. 



Uniform dusky brown above, approaching to black ; beneath bluish white. Fins and cir- 

 rhi black, the former tinged with red. Pectorals pointed ; ventrals subacute ; caudal fins 

 emarginate. 



D. 1-5. P. 1-7. V. 8. A. 17. C. 19g. Length, 9 inches to 1 foot. 

 New York, Dekay. 



Pimelodus pullus, Brown Cat-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 184, pi. 37, fig. 117. 



10. Pimelodus atrarius, Dekay. 



Deep black, occasionally blackish brown above and on the sides ; ashen-gray beneath. 

 Adipose dorsal long and slender ; the rays of the fins passing beyond the membrane. Cau- 

 dal emarginate, round, with numerous accessary rays. 



D. 1-6. P. 1-7. V. 8. A.,20.-. C. 17g. Length, 4 to-5 inches. 



New York, Dekay. 



Pimelodus atrarius, Black Cat-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 135, pi. 3G, fig. 116. 



11. Pimelodus cupreus, Raf. 



The upper surface of the head and back is olivaceous ; the sides and beneath coppery 

 yellow, and the fins often orange or reddish. Upper jaw projecting. Maxillary barbels short, 

 reaching only half the length of the head. Adipose small and narrow, and does not reach 

 as far back as the termination of the base of the anal fin. Anal rounded anteriorly ; acute 

 at its posterior angle. 



D. 1-7. P. 1-7. V. 1-7. A. 24. C. 24|. Length, 1 to 4 feet. 



Lake Erie, Ohio River, and their tributaries, Raf., Kirtland. 



Pimelodus cupreus, Yellow Cat-fish, Rap., Ichth. Ohien., p. 65. 



" " " " Kirtland's Report, pp. 169, 194; catalogued, not described. 



" " " Dekay's Report, p. 1S7 ; catalogued, not described. 



" Kirtland's Manuscript for publication in Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 



12. Pimelodus limosus, Raf. 



Dusky, clouded with irregular muddy spots on the head and back, and lighter gray on the 

 abdomen and throat. Maxillary barbels extend to the pectoral fin. Lower jaw the longer. 

 Anal rounded ; caudal nearly even. 



D. 1-7. P. 1-10. V. 9. A. 1. C. 20. Length, 48 inches. 



Ohio River, Raf., Kirtxand. 



