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Genus Lepisosteus Lace"pede 31 



L. osseus (Linnaeus). Long-nosed Gar *31 



L. platostomus Rafinesque. Short-nosed Gar *34 



L. tristcechus (Bloch & Schneider). Alligator-gar 35 



^ Order Cycloganoidea 37 



Family Amiidae. Bowfins 37 



Genus Amia Linnaeus 38 



A. calva Linnaeus. Dogfish /. *38 



J> Order Isospondvli 42 



Family Hiodontida?. Mooneyes 42 



Genus Hiodon Le Sueur 



H. alosoides (Rafinesque). Northern Mooneye 43 



H. tergisus Le Sueur. Toothed Herring 44 



Family Dorosomidse. Gizzard-shad 45 



Genus Dorosoma Rafinesque 45 



D. cepedianum (Le Sueur). Gizzard-shad 



Family Clupeidae. Herrings 47 



Genus Pomolobus Rafinesque 48 



P. chrysochloris Rafinesque. Golden Shad 48 



Genus Alosa Cuvier 49 



A. ohiensis Evermann. Ohio Shad 49 



Family Salmonidae. The Salmon Family 50 



Genus Coregonus (Artedi) Linnaeus ' 51 



C. clupeiformis (Mitchill). Common Whitefish 51 



Genus Argyrosomus Agassiz 53 



A. artedi (Le Sueur). Lake Herring 54 



Genus Cristivomer Gill & Jordan 55 



C. namaycush (Walbaum). Great Lake Trout 56 



(4) Order Apodes 58 



Family Anguillidae. Eels 58 



Genus Anguilla Shaw 59 



A. chrysypa Rafinesque. Fresh-water Eel 59 



Order Eventognathi 61 



Family Catostomidae. Suckers 61 



Genus Cycleptus Rafinesque 65 



C. elongatus (Le Sueur). Missouri Sucker 



Genus Ictiobus Rafinesque : 66 



I. cyprinella (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Red-mouth Buffalo. 



I. urus (Agassiz). Mongrel Buffalo *70 



I. bubalus (Rafine?que). Small-mouth Buffalo 



Genus Carpiodes Rafinesque 



C. carpio (Rafinesque). Common River Carp 



C. difformis Cope. Blunt-nosed River Carp *77 



C. velifer (Rafinesque). Quillback 



C. thompsoni Agassiz. Lake Carp *79 



Genus Erimyzon Jordan 80 



E. sucetta oblongus (Mitchill). Chub-sucker *81 



Genus Minytrema Jordan 82 



M. melanops (Rafinesque). Spotted Sucker 



Genus Catostomus Le Sueur . . 84 



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