141 



:!iot appeared there. In the iiiarket.s uf Philadelpliia it still 

 Iiolds a place, and finds a ready sale. 



MOXOSTOMA, (Eefinesque,) Agassiz. 



M. obiongum. 



Common Mullet, or Horned Sucker. 



Body robust, cylindrical. Scales large. Lateral line in- 

 distinct. Head smooth. Between the eyes and the snout 

 on each side, are from three to five tubercles. Eye very 

 small, in the middle of the length of the head. The lower 

 lip broad and bilobed. Head dark olive-green; back and 

 sides of body green; sides tinged with yellow; abdomen yel- 

 lowish. Anal fin dark blackish-brown; the caudal lighter 

 and the remaining fins light olive-green. Length, T to 9 in- 

 ches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 15; P. IG; V. 8; A. 10; C. 19. 



J/. oUongum, Mitch. Guenther VII, p. 21; Lesueur. 

 Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1817, I, p. 108; DeKay, New 

 York Fauna, Fishes, p. 199, pi. 31, fig. 97. 



This golden sucker inhabits the brackish water of the Pa- 

 tapsco Kiver and two of its tributaries. The youno- ones 

 may sometimes be seen among the Myriophyllum in the estua- 

 ries where the clear spring-water enters a cove, but not the 

 older ones. The latter seem to enjoy the presence of the eel- 

 grass, and sometimes may be seen there in small groups. 

 'Their food is at least in part vegetable, since undigested 

 seeds in quantity have been taken from their stomachs. 



Acad. Coll. S. I. 



CARASSIUS, Nilsson. 



C. auratus. 



Gold-Pish, Golden Carp. 



This well-known fish has been so much influenced by do- 

 mestication, that it is almost impossible to apply any distinc- 

 tive phrase. There is an indefinite variety in color, shape 

 position of fins, even in their number, etc. It is generally 

 long oval, brilliant red or orange above, silvery beneath. 

 The scales are large, and rough to the touch. The following; 

 number of rays is often observed. 



Fin-rays:— D. 16; P. 15; Y. 9; A. 18; [C. 17. 



■C auratus, introduced. 



