258 VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



SPOTTED MULLICT; STRIPED SUCKEPv Minytrema melanops, (Raf.) Jordan. 

 ? CREEK FISH; CHUB SUCKER. Erimyzon sucetta, (Lac) Jordan, 

 ? HOG SUCKER; STONE ROLLER; TOTER ; CRAWL-AP.OTTOM ; HAMIMER- 



HEAD; STONE LUGGER; HO(i MOLLY, Catostomus nigricans, Le 



Sueur. 

 ? COMMON SUCKER; WHITE SUCKER; BROOK SUCKER; FINP:-SCALED 



SUCKER. Catostomus commersoni, (La(rpode) Jordan. 



ORDER NEMATOGXATHI. CAT FISHES. 



This order is principally typified in the well-known cat-fishes {Silurida). 

 The lower jaw is rudimentary, and prolonged into the base of the longest 

 of the barbels which adorn the chin. There are no real scales, but some- 

 times Iwny plates in the skin. 



These are mostly fresh-water fishes, and are particularly abundant in 

 South America. 



SILURID.E. 



FORK-TAILED CATFISH, ^lurichthys marinus, (Mitch.) Baird and Girard. 



SEA CATFISH. Arius felis, (L.) J. and G. 



CHANNEL CAT ; WHITE CAT. Ictalurus punctatus, (Raf.) Jordan. 



MUD CAT. Amiurus platycephalus. (Grd.j GilL 



GREEN ;mUD cat. Amiiirus brunneus, Jordan. 



Noturus insignis, (Ridi.) Gill and Jonlan. 

 ? Noturus eleutherus, Jordan. 



SUBCLASS HOLOSTEI. BONY GANOIDS. 



ORDER HALECO^IORPHI. AMIAS. 



Ganoid fishes with partially heterocercal tails, vertebrae concave at 

 both ends, and peculiarly modified pectoral fins. The intestine with a 

 rudimentary spiral valve. But one species is known. It inhabits the 

 fresh waters of the United States. 



