Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 419 
lips plaited, lobed, or carunculated, suitable for sucking. Throat with pec- 
tinated teeth. 
1. Catostomus Hudsonius, Lesuveur. 
Back and sides bluish gray, with considerable lustre, the back being darkest, and the tint 
of the sides gradually passing into the pearl-white of the belly. Dorsal and caudal fins blu- 
ish gray ; pectorals and ventrals ochre-yellow, tinged with red; anal flesh-red. Irides saf- 
fron-yellow, with pearly lustre. Scales for the the most part broadly oval, or nearly orbicu- 
lar, and of a medium size ; large towards the tail, and smaller on the belly, particularly 
between the pectorals. The anal extends to within its own length of the caudal. When this 
fin is turned backwards, its tip reaches the base of the caudal. Dorsal quadrangular. 
D. 12to 14. P.17. V.10. A.7. C. 183. Length, 21 inches. 
Hudson River, Forsrer. Columbia River and its tributaries, RicHarpson. 
Cyprinus catostomus, Forster, Phil. Trans., ux. p. 158, pl. 6. 
Naymaypeeth, and Sucker, Pennanr’s Arc. Zodl., Introduct., p. 299, and 1. p. 402. 
Catostomus Hudsonius, Lesveur, Journ Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p. 107. 
ne im Ricu., Franklin’s Journal, p. 717. 
<5 ae Gray Sucking Carp, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 11. p. 112. 
Gray Sucker, Fur-TRADERS. Carpe blanche, Canaprans. Namaypeeth, CrEEs. 
Le Catostome Hudsonien (Catostomus Hudsonius, LEsvzur), Cuv. et VAL., xvul. p. 459. 
2. Catostomus Forsterianus, Ricu. 
Color of the back intermediate between honey-yellow and olive-green (like old olive-oil) ; 
the sides are occupied by a series of patches of light lake-red, more or less continuous, form- 
ing a broad, irregular stripe ; belly white. The under fins are tinged with ochre-yellow, and 
at some seasons have a red hue; the dorsal and upper part of the caudal have nearly the tint 
of the back. Scales broadly oblong, radiated. From ninety-eight to one hundred and seven 
scales on the lateral line ; thirty in a vertical row behind the pectorals, and twenty-three just 
before the ventrals. Dorsal fin higher than long ; anal does not reach quite to the base of 
the caudal. 
D.12to14. P.18. V.10. A.8or9. C. 183. Length, 22 inches. 
Northern Regions, Ricwarpson. 
Cyprinus catostomus, var., ForsTer, Phil. Trans., uxi. p. 158. 
Mithomapeth, Pennanv’s Arc. Zool., Introd., p. 299. 
Catostomus Forsterianus, Ricu., Franklin’s Journal, p. 720. 
Cyprinus (Catostomus) Forsterianus, Red Sucking Carp, Ricw., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 11. p. 116. 
Catostomus Forsterianus, Red Sucker, DEKAy’s Report, p. 203. 
Le Catostome de Forster (Catostomus Forsterianus, Ricu.), Cuv. et VAL., xvul. p. 463, 
Red Sucker, Fur-TrapERs. Meethqua-maypeth, Crezs, 
3. Catostomus Suceti, Lacer. 
Fins and back brown; sides silvery, with brown spots at the base of the scales. Head 
compressed and flat. Lower lip very thick, crenated and curved outwardly. Scales semi- 
rhomboidal. 
