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Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus. 

 Carp. 



Abinul.int about Bridgeport in Raccoon Creek, Gloucester county, 

 liaised in carp ponds for market. ^ 



Family CATOSTOMID-ffi. 



Erimyzon sucetta oblongus (Mitchill). 

 Chub Sucker. 



One small example taken in a school of minnows in Still IJun, one 

 of the headM^aters of the Maurice River near Porchtown, Gloucester 

 county, on April 17th, 1908. 



Reported common, and usually found in summer by the fishermen 

 at Bridgeport, in Raccoon Creek. Gloucester county. 



Reported in the ditches or runs on Burlington Island. 



Catostomus commersonnii (Lacepfide). 

 White Sucker. 



Taken in tlie Delaware River at Trenton early in April of 1904 

 with the chub and smelt. They are sold to the Jews, according to 

 Mr. J. B. Vanderveer. The river fishermen distinguish several kinds. 

 The sand sucker is described as mostly dull yellowish, and this 

 color encircling most all the body except a narrow whitish median 

 ventral or abdominal stripe. It is said to be rather shorter, more 

 plum]) and not much in meadows. They travel alone, all moving 

 u]) alioiit one time and on one moon. Other suckers, called creek 

 sucker, black sucker and gra\el sucker, mav possibly refer to some 

 other species. Some are said to liave tlie dorsal scale pockets blackish, 

 the belly white, and the body more slender. They weigh U]) to four 

 and one-half pounds, with al)Out fifty individual'^ to 2<>0 ])ounds. 



Reported to be common in Raccoon Creek at Bridgeport, Gloucester 

 county, in the spring. 



I»ei)orted to occur on Burlington Island. 



