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border deeply incised, rays 12 or 13, longest ray longer than head and base of fin; caudal lobes 

 equal; scales 45 in lateral series, 10 or 11 in transverse series. Color: generally pale yellowish- 

 red, dusky above, lighter beneath, with silvery reflections; each scale above the lateral line 

 with a black spot at base of exposed part; lower fins pale orange or red, dorsal membrane 

 black. (Description of 15 inch specimen from Edenton Bay, April, 1902.) (crnssilabre, 

 thick-lipped.) 



Since Cope described this species from Neuse River near Raleigh, it had not 

 been met with until 1888, when Jordan found one specimen in Little River, a 

 tributary of the Neuse, at Goldsboro. In 1892 the writer observed it in Edenton 

 Hay and Roanoke River. It is abundant in the Albemarle region, and the larger 

 fish have considerable market value. It is caught in spring, in seines and pound 

 nets, with shad and alewives, and appears to be ascending the rivers with those 

 species. Fish from 8 to 20 inches long were observed. 



All of the common names before given were heard by the writer. "Golden 

 mullet" and "golden-finned mullet" are trade names in use at Edenton, Eliza- 

 beth City, and other places on the sound. The smaller fish, with plain colors, 

 are called "sucking mullet" and "trout sucker". At Plymouth the name "red- 

 horse" is applied to the largest fish. The names "mullet", "redfin", and 

 "horse-fish", heard at Weldon, are doubtless given also to other suckers. 



56. MOXOSTOMA CONUS (Cope). 

 Sucker. 



Plychostomus conus Cope, 18706, 478; Yadkin River. 



Moxostoma conus, .Jordan, 1889&, 128; Little River at Goldsboro. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 196. 



Diagnosis. — Body much compressed, the back elevated; head small, conic; eye large; 

 mouth exceedingly small, lower lip truncate behind; snout conic, much produced; dorsal rays 

 14. Color: smoky above, the scales with black bases; below white; dorsal fin dusky, inferior fins 

 white, {conus, cone, in allusion to shape of snout.) 



Cope found this species numerous in Yadkin River, where it was taken in 

 large numbers with other suckers. Jordan took a single young specimen in 

 Little River. 



57. MOXOSTOMA RUPISCARTES Jordan & Jenkins. 

 "Jumping Mullet"; Jump-rocks. 



Plychostomus cervinus Cope, 18706, 478 (in part); Catawba River. 



Moxostoma rupiscartes Jordan & Jenkins, in Jordan, 1889a, 353; Catawba River and Bucks Creek, North Car- 

 olina; also various rivers in South Carolina and Georgia. Jordan, 18896, 137; Catawba River near Marion, 

 Johns River near Morgantown, and Bucks Creek at Pleasant Garden. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 196, 

 pi. XXX vii, fig. 93. 



Diagnosis. — Body long and low, depth contained 5.5 to 6 times in length; head very 

 short, broad, flat above, a little more than .2 length; snout blunt, projecting beyond mouth; 

 lips full, the folds somewhat broken intopapiUse; scales rather small, 50 in lateral series; dorsal 

 fin low and small, free margin concave, rays 11, first ray .66 length of head; caudal short, 

 lunate, lobes blunt; pectorals long; anal rays 8. Color: dark olive brown, becoming paler 

 below; young with pale lateral streaks; a faint dark spot above pectoral; tips of dorsal and 

 caudal dusky, {rupiscartes, rock-jumper.) 



