318 FISHES, 



pressed, the back elevated and arched; dorsal rays 14; 

 color silvery, with plumbeous shades above; lower fins 

 white; size small. Catawba and Yadkin Rivers. 

 \\ Lips papillose, the plicae broken up by cross furrows. 



17. M. papillosa, (Cope) Jordan. PAPILLOSE MULLET. 

 Body comparatively stout, the dorsal region somewhat 

 elevated and rounded, the depth being about 4 in length, 

 the head about the same; eye rather large, high up and 

 well back, the preorbital space being longer than in the 

 other species; top of head flat; dorsal rays 12 to 14; 

 scales rather large, 6 42 5; lips well developed, deeply 

 incised, almost as in Catostomus; color silvery; back 

 with smoky shading; lower fins white; size large, reaches 

 a length of about two feet. North Carolina to Georgia. 



4. MINYTREMA, Jordan. STRIPED SUCKERS. 



* Each scale with a large, square blackish spot at its base, these 

 forming more or less conspicuous stripes al^" the sides; 

 body subterete, becoming deeper with age. 



1. M. melanops, (Raf.) Jordan. SPOTTED MULLET. 

 STRIPED SUCKER. Head 4f in length; depth about 4; 

 scales very large; blackish above; sides coppery, with 

 black stripes; D. I, 12; lat. 1. 47; size large; adult 

 males with the sides of the head profusely tuberculate 

 in Spring; young specimens of this species have no 

 trace of lateral line, as in Erimyzonj older ones (6 8 

 inches) show a deepening of the furrows along the 

 median series of scales; adults of 12 to 18 inches show 

 a series of completely developed tubes, which, however, 

 are wanting on some of the scales, especially behind; as 

 Erimyzon never shows any traces of the tubes of the 

 lateral line, these peculiarities may be held to indicate 

 generic distinction, and the name Minytrema is here 



