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



Called " Shoemaker," at Lake Erie. 



Catostomus nigricans, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, i. p. 102. 



Cyprinus (Catostomus) nigricans, Black Sucking Carp, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 120. 



Catostomus nigricans, Black Sucker, Storer's Report, p. 86. 



" " Mud Sucker, Kirtland's Report, pp. 169, 193. 



" " Black Sucker, Dekay's Report, p. 202. 



" " Mullet, Mud Sucker, Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., v. p. 273, pi. 21, fig. 3. 



Le Catostome noiratre (Catostomus nigricans, Lesueur), Cuv. et Val., xvii. p. 453. 



10. Catostomus maculosus, Lesueur. 



Reddish, with irregular black blotches ; pectorals and venlrals reddish, dashed with black ; 

 anal and caudal reddish white ; dorsal bluish, with black marks on the rays. Head large, 

 quadrangular, declivous ; eyes small ; the lateral line straight, and runs from the operculum 

 on a line with the eye. 



D. 12. P. 16. V. 9. A. 9. C 18. Length, 8 inches. 



Maryland, Lesueur. 



Called " Black Sucker," in Maryland. 



Catostomus maculosus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, I. p. 103. 



" " Dekay's Report, p. 203. 



Le Catostome tachele (Catostomus maculosus, Lesueur), Cuv. el Val., xvii. p. 454. 



11. Catostomus elongatus, Lesueur. 



Head dusky above, coppery on its sides ; back black, often slightly mottled ; sides and be- 

 neath dusky and cupreous. Fins dusky and livid. Body subcylindric, very long. Dorsal 

 fin very long, low, its anterior part high and falciform. Anal fin very small, and truncated. 

 Scales large, flexible on the flanks, and a little quadrangular towards the tail. 



D. 35. P. 15. V 9. A. 8. C 18. Length, 2 to 3 feet. 



Ohio River, Lesueur, Kirtland. 



Catostomus elongatus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, I. p. 103, tig. 



Catostomus niger, Raf., Ichlh. Ohien , p. 56. 



Catostomus elongatus, Missouri Sucker, Black-Horse, Black-Buffalo, Kirtland's Report, pp. 169, 192. 



" " " " Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., v. p. 267, pi. 19, fig. 3. 



" " ,( " Dekay's Report, p. 203. 



Le Catostome alonge (Catostomus elongatus, Lesueur), Cuv. et Val., xvii. p. 455. 



12. Catostomus vittatus, Lesueur. 



Back pale yellowish-red, abdomen and lower fins white. A black stripe passes from the 

 snout, through the eye, to the caudal fin, dividing the body equally ; dorsal fin quadrangular ; 

 tail forked- Scales very small, rounded. 



D. (?). P. 10. V. 9. A. 8. C. 18. Length, 2 inches. 



Pennsylvania, Lesueur. 



Catostomus vittatus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, I. p. 104. 



" " Dekay's Report, p. 203. 



Le Catostome a bandelettes (Catostomus vittatus, Lesueur), Cuv. et Val., xvii. p. 459. 



