Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 167 



lips plaited, lobed, or carunculated, suitable for sucking. Throat with pec- 

 tinated teeth. 



1. Catostomus Hudsonius, Lesueur. 



Back and sides bluish gray, with considerable lustre, the back being darkest, and the tint 

 of the sides gradually passing into the pearl-white of the belly. Dorsal and caudal fins blu- 

 ish gray ; pectorals and ventrals ochre-yellow, tinged with red ; anal flesh-red. Irides saf- 

 fron-yellow, with pearly lustre. Scales for the the most part broadly oval, or nearly orbicu- 

 lar, and of a medium size; large towards the tail, and smaller on the belly, particularly 

 between the pectorals. The anal extends to within its own length of the caudal. When this 

 fin is turned backwards, its tip reaches the base of the caudal. Dorsal quadrangular. 

 D. 12 to 14. P. 17. V. 10. A. 7. C. 18§. Length, 21 inches. 

 Hudson River, Forster. Columbia River and its tributaries, Richardson. 

 Cyprinus catostomus, Fokster, Phil. Trans., ljcih. p. 15S, pi. 6. 

 Naymaypeeth, and Sucker, Pennant's Arc. Zobl., Introducl., p.SDO, and it. p. 402 

 Catostomus Hudsonius, Lesuebr, Journ Acad. Nat. Sc., I. p. 10". 

 " Rich., Franklin's Journal, p. 717. 



Gr W Sucking Carp, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in pH2 

 Gray Sucker, Fur-traders. Carpe blanche, Canadians. Namaypeeth, Crees 

 Le Catoslouie Hudsonien (Catostomus Hudsonius, Lesuevr), Cuv. el Val., xvii. p. 459. 



2. Catostomus Forsterianus, Run. 



Color of the back intermediate between honey-yellow and olive-green (like old olive-oil) ; 

 the sides are occupied by a series of patches of light lake-red, more or less continuous, form- 

 ing a broad, irregular stripe ; belly white. The under fins are tinged with ochre-yellow, and 

 at some seasons have a red hue ; the dorsal and upper part of the caudal have nearly the tint 

 of the back. Scales broadly oblong, radiated. From ninety-eight to one hundred and seven 

 scales on the lateral line ; thirty in a vertical row behind the pectorals, and twenty-three just 

 before the ventrals. Dorsal fin higher than long ; anal does not reach quite to the base of 

 the caudal. 



D. 12 to 14. P. 18. V. 10. A. 8 or 9. C. 18|. Length, 22 inches. 

 Northern Regions, Richardson. 



Cyprinus catostomus, var., Forster, Phil. Trans , lxiii. p. 158 

 Milhomapeth, Pennant's Arc Z.»,| , [ritrod . p. 29a 

 Catostomus Forsterianus, Rich., Franklin's Journal p 720 



Cyprinus (Catostomus) Forslerunus, Red Suck Carp, K,'c„., Fauna Boreal. A„,«, ■„ p. 116 



Catostomus Forsterianus, Red Sucker, Dekav's Report p 203 ' 



I • ( a.oslome de Forster (Catostomus Forsterianus. R,ch.), Cuv et Vai. , SVII. p. 4G3 

 Ked Sucker, Fur-traders. Meelhcma-maypelh, Crees. 



3. Catostomus Suceti, Lacep. 

 Fins and back brown ; sides silvery, with brown spots at the base of the scales. Head 

 compressed and fiat. Lower lip very thick, crenated and curved outwardly. Scales semi- 

 rhomboidal. 



