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Catostomus teres (Mitchill). 



Fine-scaled Sticker. 



C. commersonl, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882,6', 129; Jordan, 1884, 12, 

 614, pi. 223; C. teres, Jordan, 1888, 7, 46. 



Body but slightly compressed. Depth in length four and one-fourth. 

 Head short, its length in that of the body four and one-fourth, to five; 

 the interorbital space equal to nearly one-half the length of the head. 

 Mouth small, u-shaped, the lips with papillae. Snout one-half the 

 length of the head or nearly so. Dorsal fin with twelve rays, the upper 

 margin straioht. Anal rays seven. Lateral line complete. Scales 10- 

 65 to 70-8 ; crowded forward, about twenty-eight in front of dorsal. 

 Color dusky above, silvery below ; the sides and the head rosy in the 

 spring. Fins all dusky. Length eighteen inches. 



Found abundantly from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and Montana. 

 In Indiana it has been recorded from the following localities: Franklin 

 County (33, '88, 57) ; Monroe County (1, '85, 410) ; Lower Wabash River 

 (1, '77, 45) ; Marion County (1, '77, 377) ; Carroll County (^5, '88, 45) ; 

 St. Joseph's River, Kankakee River (1, '77, 45 ; 4, '88, 154, 155) ; Vigo 

 County (16, 94) ; Eel River basin (4, '94, 30) ; Logansport. Other 

 localities are given in 34-, '93, 83. 



This is a poor fish for food. It gives much amusement to the boys, 

 however, since it is abundant and ready to bite. Prof Forbes found the 

 food of the young to be very similar to that of Moxo'stoma duquesnei. 



Catostomu.s sucetta LeSueur. 

 Chid) Sucker. 



Erhmjzon sucetta, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, S, 133; Jordan, 1884, 13, 

 614, pi. 220. 



Body rather short and stout, the depth being contained in the length 

 two and three-fourths to three times. Head moderate, the dorsal out- 

 line descending from the dorsal fin to the snout. Mouth small, terminal 

 or somewhat inferior. Eye small, about five times in length of the head. 

 Head in length, four to four and one half Gill-rakers rather long. 

 Dorsal rays with from ten to thirteen rays, usually eleven ; anal rays seven. 

 Scales large, somewhat crowded in front, forty to forty-five rows along 

 the side and about fifteen rows between dorsal and the ventral. The 

 pores of the lateral line are not developed at any time of life. Color 

 varying with time of life. The adults are dusky above, becoming pale 

 below, with no lateral band or blotches. There is also present a brassy 



