MYXOSTOMA THALASSINTTM. 



Measurements of two specimens of Myxostoma album. 



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The form is elliptical, not much compressed, bat rather elevated, 

 somewhat as in Erimyzon sucetta. Head short and stout, bluntish, broad, 

 and rounded above ; mou'b somewhat inferior ; the plicaB of the lips few 

 and rather broken ; dorsal fin high, its free border somewhat concave; 

 caudal strongly forked ; color lustrous white, with greenish reflections. 



This is one of the largest species, reaching the weight of four pounds 

 or more. Professor Cope states that it is much valued as a food-fish by 

 pec pie living in the neighborhood of Catawba River, where it is known 

 as the White Mullet. 



Specimens in Unit(d States Xalional Museum. 



14. MYXOSTOMA THALASSIXUM (Cope) Jordan. 



Green Mullet. 

 18~0Ptychostomu8 thalassinus CorE, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila. 472, 1870. 



Teretulus thalassinus JORDAN & COPELAXD, Check List, 158, 1876. (Name only.) 

 Myxostoma tlialassina JORDAN, Man. Vert. ed. 2d, 316, 1878. 

 HABITAT. Yadkin Kiver. . 



