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9. CARP/ODES, Rafinesque. CARP SUCKERS. 



* First rays of dorsal very much elevated m and attenuated, about 



as long as the base of the fin. 

 f Muzzle conic, projecting. 



1. C. velifer, (Raf.) Ag. -SPEAR FISH. SAIL FISH. 

 QUILLBACK. SKIMBACK. Muzzle conic, much less obtuse 

 than in the next; depth 2^- in length; head 3f ; eye 4J 

 in head; color pale, scarcely silvery, as in all the species; 

 D. ->'2; lat. 1. 37. Ohio R. 



tf. Muzzle very abruptly obtuse. 

 a. Anterior suborbital bone sub-triangular, longer than deep. 



2. C. selene, Cope. Moox CARP - SUCKER. Back 

 steeply elevated; intermaxillaries far in advance of 

 orbit; D. 26; V. 10; A. 8; lat. 1. 37; silvery. Great 

 Lakes, abundant. 



aa. Anterior suborbital bone, much deeper than long. 



3. C. cutisanserinus, Cope. LOXG-FIXXED CARP 

 SUCKER. Mouth usual in position, the upper lip in 

 advance of the nostrils, etc.; dorsal fin beginning mid- 

 way of body more elevated than in any other species; 

 snout with small tubercles in spring males; head 4 in 

 length; depth 24; D. 26; V. 10; A. 8. Ohio Valley, 

 abundant. 



4. C. difformis, Cope. DEFORMED CARP SUCKER. 

 Eye very large, and well anterior; the front edge of the 

 lower jaw in line with the anterior rim of the orbit, and 

 the end of the upper lip reaching the line of the anterior 

 rim of the orbit, the physiognomy being therefore 

 peculiar in the great obtuseness of the head; insertion 

 of dorsal anterior to middle of the head; D. 24; A. 8; 

 V. 9; lat. 1. 35. Ohio River. 



** Anterior rays of dorsal scarcely filamentous, little more than 



half the length of the base of the fin. 

 b. Head comparatively urge, 3i to 4 in length. 

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