Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 169 



beyond the base of the caudal, which is forked with pointed lobes, the inferior of winch is 

 the larger ; abdominal fin truncated. 



D.H. P. 18. V.9. A. 8. CIS. Length, 12 to 18 inches. 



Lake Erie, Lesueur, Dekay. 



Known, at Buffalo, under the names of " Mullet," « Golden Mullet," " Red-Horse." 

 Catostomus aureolua, Lesue™, Joum. Acad. Nal Sc i p <)5 fig 



C r [\" „""' *' GillSu *nsCarp I Rich, Fauna B ... p 119 



Catostomus auroleus, Mullet Sucker, 1'; hay' K, port, p. 201, pi I 



',', ',', MU " el ° f thoUke > Kibiland, Boat. Journ. Nat. Hisl III. p. 349, pi. 6, fig. 2. 



" " Report, pp. 169, 192. 



Le Catostome (lore (Catostomus aureolus, Lksceto), Crv. ci Vai.., mm. i 



7. Catostomus coramunis, Lesueur. 



General color of the head and back a reddish brown, in some specimens darker than in 

 others ; sides reflecting golden tints ; abdomen whitish ; pectoral, ventral, and anal fins red- 

 dish brown ; caudal reddish violet ; dorsal blue and yellow. Dorsal quadrangular ; ana] 

 narrow, and extends as far as the base of the caudal fin. 



D. 14. P. 18. V. 10. A. 9. C. 24. Length, 14 to 10 inches. 



Maryland, Lesuecs. New York, Dekay. 



Catostomus communis, Lesuefk, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sc., i. p. 95 fi». 



Common Sucker, Dekay's Report, p. 190, pi. 33, fj». 10G. 

 Catostomus gracilis, Kiistland's Report, pp. 169, 193. 



Catostomus communis, Brook Sucker, Kirtland, Host. Journ. Nat. Hist., v. p. 265 pi 19 fi. 1 

 Le Utostome commun (Catostomus communis, Lesoeor), Cirv. et Val., ivii. p. 426. 



S. Catostomus longirostrum, Lesueur. 



Above reddish, paler on the sides ; abdomen white, with a bluish tint. Head horizontal, 

 terminated in a long snout. The extremity of the anal does not reach the base of the cau- 

 dal. Scales very small and roundish. 



D. 12. P. 10. V. 9. A. 7. C. 18. Length, 5 inches. 



Vermont, Lesueur. 



Catostomus longirostrum, LEsnEOR, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., I. p. 102. 



Catostomus longirostris, Dekav's Report, p, I 



Le Catostome longirostre (Catostomus Ion i irum, LesobdtO, Coy. el Val., xvii. p. 453. 



9. Catostomus nigricans, Lesueur. 



Back black ; sides reddish yellow, with black blotches ; beneath white, with golden re- 

 flections. Pectoral, ventral, and anal fins reddish ; caudal and dorsal fins blackish. Head 

 large, quadrangular. Anal fin straight, its extremity reaching the base of the caudal fin. 

 Dorsal fin small and quadrangular. 



D. 11. P. 18. V. 9. A. 8. C. 18. Length, 13 inches. 



Massachusetts, Storer. Lake Erie, Lesdeur. Every permanent stream in the West, 



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