MYXOSTOMA EURYOPS. 



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Moxostoma carpio JORDAN, Man. Vert. 296, 1876. 



Teretulus carpio NELSON, Bull. No. 1, Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist. 49, 1876. 



Teretulus carpio JORDAN & COPELAND, Check List, 157, 1876. (Name only.) 



Moxostoma carpio JORDAN & GILBERT, iu Klippart's Kept. Fish Comni. Ohio, 53, 



1877. (Name only.) 



Myxostoma carpio JORDAN, Man. Vert. E. U. S. ed. 2d, 312, 1878. 

 HABITAT. Great Lake Region aud northward. Also iu the Ohio River. 



This species is apparently not very common, and its distribution is 

 probably chiefly northward. I have obtained but one living specimen, 

 a fine large one, from Lac des Buttes des Morts, in Northeastern Wis- 

 consin. This specimen in life was extremely pale and silvery, its fins 

 having none of the orange coloration common to most of the species. 

 M . carpio is related to M. macrolepidotum, but the much greater develop- 

 ment of the dorsal will always distinguish it. 



Specimens in Unitei States National Museum. 



4. MYXOSTOMA EURYOPS Jordan. 



Snub-nosed Sucker. 



1876 Teretulus euryops JORDAN & COPELAND, Check List, 157. (Name only.) 

 Myxostoma euryops JORDAN, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. 348, 1877. 

 Myxostoma euryops JORDAN, Man. Vert. ed. 2d, 312, Ife78. 

 HABITAT. Alabama River. 



This species is still known only from the type-specimen obtained in 

 Lovejoy's Creek, a small tributarj* of Oostanaula River, a few miles 

 north of Eouie, Ga. The species is most nearly related to M. macrolepi- 

 dotum, and it is barely possible that the type specimen is ;i monstrosity 

 of that species. The peculiarities of the mouth, and the fact that the 

 bones of the head seem to be normally developed, lead me to consider it 

 a distinct species. 



