168 Storer's Sy?iopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



D. 12. P. 13. V. 9. A. 9. C. 18. Length, 2 feet. 

 South Carolina, Bosc. 



Cyprinus Sucetta, Lacepede. 



Catostomus Sucetta, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, l p. 109. 



" " Dekay's Report, p. 203. 



Le Caloatome Sucet (Catostomus Suceli, Val.), Cuv. et Val., xvii. p. 466. 



4. Catostomus gibbosus, Lesueur. 



Back elevated in front of the dorsal fin, which is almost as high as broad, and rounded ; 

 anal fin bilobated. Back deep blue, with golden reflections ; pectoral, ventral, and anal fins 

 of a fine reddish orange color; caudal fin tinted with carmine and violet; dorsal bluish 

 green ; abdominal scales red at their base. Body marked with four or five faint transverse 

 bands. At some seasons of the year, three or four prominent horns or tubercles are seen on 

 each side of the head, between the eyes and snout. 



D. 15, 16, or 17. P. 16. V. 8 or 9. A. 8, 9, or 10. C. 18 or 19f. Length, 5 to 14 

 inches. 



New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Dekay. Massachusetts, Lesueur, Sto- 

 ker. Pennsylvania, Lesueur. 



Catostomus gibbosus, Chub Sucker, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, i. p. 92, fig. 



" " Gibbous Sucker, Storer's Report, p. SS. 



Catostomus tuberculatus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nal. Sc, I. p. 93, fig. 



" " Horned Sucker, Storer's Report, p. 85. 



Labeo gibbosus, Gibbous Chub Sucker, Dekay's Report, p. 194, pi. 32, fig. 101. 

 Catostomus luberculatus, Horned Sucker, Dekay's Report, p. 199, pi. 31, fig. 97. 

 Le Catostome bossu (Catostomus gibbosus, Lesueur), Cuv. et Val., xvii. p. 443. 

 Le Calostome aux tubercules (Catostomus tuberculatus, Lesueur), Cuv. et Val., xvii. p. 444. 



5. Catostomus macrolepidotus, Lesueur. 



Back dark blue, base of the scales brown ; sides whitish, with yellow reflections; oper- 

 cula yellowish. Head reddish brown. Dorsal, anal, and ventral fins tinged with blue and 

 yellow ; caudal gray. Dorsal fin short, deeply emarginated, upper lobe elevated and pointed, 

 lower lobe rounded. Scales large, and disposed in a lozenge form. 



D. 16. P. 18. V. 9. A. 9. C IS*. Length, 14£ inches. 



Delaware River, Lesueur. Lake Ontario, Val. 



Catostomus macrolepidotus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad Nat. ?c , I. p. 94, fig. 



" " Large-scaled Sucker, Dekay's Report, p. 202, pi. 77, fig, 242. 



Le Catostome aux grandes ecailles (Catostomus macrolepidotus, Lesueur), Cuv. et Val., xvii. p. 447. 



G. Catostomus aureolus, Lesueur. 



Body of a beautiful orange-color, deepest on the back ; the base of the scales dark red ; 

 the sides are heightened with golden reflections ; pectorals, ventrals, and anal, of a fine red 

 orange-color; caudal of a deep carmine. Anal fin long, pointed, and passing considerably 



