296 FISHES. 



ff Lower fins white, never orange. 



4. M. macrolepidoium, (LeS.) Jordan. LARGE-SCALED 

 MULLET. Fusiform, compressed, depth 3^ in length; 

 head short, convex, 4-J in length; eye large, 4 in head; 

 color pale, with dusky and yellow shades; D. I, 13; 

 V. 9; lat. 1. 45. N. Y. to Ind., chiefly eastward. 



** Dorsal with 16 to 18 developed rays ; body compressed. 



5. M. carp/o, (Val.) Jordan. SILVEKY MULLET. Head 

 4J in length; depth 3^; eye 3^- in head; scales large, 

 silvery white; lips large; dorsal larger than in any other 

 species, dusky at tip ; olivaceous, sides silvery, lower fins 

 white; D. I, 8; V. 10; lat. 1. 43. Great Lakes, not 

 common. (Described from specimen from Fox R., Wis.) 



6 M. velatum, (Cope) Jordan. Much like preceding, 

 but lips as in P. anisurus; head short; D. 16; V. 9; 

 lat. 1. 42. Ohio Valley. 



*** Dorsal with 12 rays ; body nearly cylindrical. 



7. M. cervinum, (Cope) Jordan. JUMPING MULLET. 

 Head 5 in length; flattish above; lips large; yellowish 

 with green reflections; size small; D. I, 12. "Va., N. C., 

 etc.; said to resemble Hypentelium. 



5. PLACOPHARYNX, Cope. PLACOPHARYNX. 







1. P. carinatus, Cope. COPE'S SUCKER. Reserables 

 M. duquesnei, but the pharyngeal bones quite different; 

 eye 4-j- in head; head 4 in length; depth 3f ; head 

 strongly ridged above; pharyngeal bones very heavy, 

 the lower 7 to 12 teeth on each side very large, truncate, 

 irregularly placed; D. 14; A. 7; lat. 1. 41. Wabash R.; 

 probably not uncommon, but not distinguished until 

 quite lately. 



