Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 425 
20. Catostomus Sueurii, Ricu. 
Back, sides, and gill-covers wood-brown, reflecting, when opposed to the light, many bril- 
liant tints, in which emerald-green and gold-yellow predominate ; bases of the scales bluish 
gray, producing an appearance of reticulation ; belly reddish white. The dorsal has the hue 
of the back, with a reddish margin ; the other fins are almost all entirely red. Scales very 
large, quadrangular. Forty-seven scales on the lateral line. Air-bladder divided into three 
portions, the central one the largest. 
D.14. P.16. V.9o0rl0. A.9. C. 183. Length, 19 inches. 
Northern Regions, Ricuarpson. 
Cyprinus (Catostomus) Suerii, Picconow, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 118. 
Catostomus Sueurii, Dexay’s Report, p. 203. 
Le Catostome de Lesueur (Catostomus Sueurii, Ricu.), Cuv. et Vat., xvit. p. 465. 
21. Catostomus elegans, DrxKay. 
Above dark bluish; beneath whitish, with pinkish suffusions along the abdomen. Head 
brilliant green, passing into yellowish and golden on the opercles. Dorsal and anal brown ; 
pectorals and ventrals faint orange ; caudal rosaceous. Dorsal subquadrate, rounded above. 
Scales large, with from three to six radiating impressed lines, crossed by others waved and 
concentric. 
D.12. P.15. V.9. A.8. C.17. Length, 8 inches. 
New York, Dexay. 
Labeo elegans, New York Chub Sucker, Dexay’s Report, p. 192, pl. 31, fig. 100. 
22. Catostomus esopus, Drxay. 
Back elevated. Scales large, oblong, the triangular area on the free portion with four ra- 
diating lines, the interstices between these lines with concentric wrinkles. Lateral line not 
obvious. Snout prominent. 
D.12. P.16. V.9. A.7. C. 193. Length, 10 inches. 
New York, Dexay. 
Labeo esopus, Round-backed Chub Sucker, Dexay’s Report, p. 195. 
23. Catostomus Oneida, DeKay. 
Dark bluish brown above ; lighter on the sides ; whitish beneath. Back gibbous, with 
two short subspinous rays to the dorsal fin. Head smooth, with numerous mucous pores. 
Scales very large. Seventeen in an oblique series from the dorsal fin. 
D.2-13. P.15. V.9. A.8. C. 183. Length, 12 inches. 
Lake Oneida, Dexay. 
Called ‘‘ Sucker,’’ and ‘‘ Mullet,’’ at Lake Oneida. 
Catostomus Oneida, Oneida Sucker, DEKay’s Report, p. 198. 
