Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 403 
B. 105 Dilt=6>, Pal=10m Va8eeA. 22; GC: 10! Length, 12 to 15 inches. 
Delaware, Lesvreur. 
Pimelodus albidus, Lesueur, Mémoires du Muséum, v. p. 148. 
Le Pimélode blanchatre (Pimelodus albidus, Lesvrur), Cuv. et VaL., xv. p. 131. 
Pimelodus albidus, DEKay’s Report, p. 186. 
5. Pimelodus nigricans, Lesunur. 
Large. Olive-brown ; sides of the body, towards the tail, ash-white, with occasionally 
large, confluent black spots; a few irregular, distant, round black spots on the upper part 
of the body. Beneath bluish white, varied with darker. Caudal forked. 
D.1-6. P.1-9. V.1-8. A.26. C. 173. Length, 2 to 4 feet. Weight, 6 to 
30 pounds. 
Lakes Erie and Ontario, Lesurvur. 
Le Pimélode noiratre, Pimelodus nigricans, Lesurur, Mémoires du Muséum, v. p.153, pl. 16. 
Silurus (Pimelodus) nigrescens, Black Pimelode, Lesvrun, Rrew., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111, p. 134. 
Le Pimélode noiratre (Pimelodus nigricans, Lesveur), Cuv. et Vat., xv. p. 133. 
Pimelodus nigricans, Great Lake Cat-fish, Dexay’s Report, p. 180. 
6. Pimelodus punctulatus, Cuv. 
Above brown, punctured with black ; beneath whitish. Fins brown. When fresh, sil- 
very gray. Branchial rays, twelve. The lower jaw the longer. The maxillary barbel does 
not extend beyond the middle of the operculum. Caudal even. 
D.1-6. P.1-10orll. V.8. A.16. C.17. Length, 2 to 3 feet. 
Louisiana, Cuv. 
Called ‘* Black Cat-fish,’? or ‘* Mud-fish.’’ 
Le Pimélode piqueté, Pimelodus punctulatus, Cov, et Vat., xv. p. 124. 
Pimelodus punctulatus, Drxay’s Report, p. 187, 
7. Pimelodus xneus, Lesurur. 
Copper-colored, marbled with black. Lower jaw the longer. Caudal truncated. Dorsal 
spine without teeth ; pectoral spine denticulated at its edges. 
D.1-6. P.1-8. V.9. A.11. C.25. Length, 2 to 8 feet. 
Ohio, Cuv. 
Pimélode cuivre, Pimelodus zneus, Mémoires du Muséum. v. p. 150. 
Le Pimélode cuivre (Pimelodus eneus, Lesugur), Cuy. et VAL., xv. p. 135. 
Pimelodus zneus, Dexay’s Report, p. 187, 
8. Pimelodus furcatus, Lesurnur. 
Silvery ; dull towards the back. Elongated. Tail fureated. Adipose fin small and nar- 
row. Upper jaw longer than the lower. The maxillary barbel scarcely extends beyond the 
preoperculum. Pectoral and dersal spines denticulated posteriorly. 
Di 1-7) P.i1-10. V. (2). A. 32=33 or34. C. 15. Length, 1 to 4 feet. 
