MYXOSTOMA PAPILLOSUM. 



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convex, sometimes concave.. The following are the measurements of 

 two specimens: 



In color, this species is smoky above, the sides silvery, the lower fins 

 white. % 



Professor Cope says that " they attain one foot in length, and do not 

 exceed one pound in weight 77 . I have specimens a foot and a half long 

 and of three pounds or more weight. 



In the Ocmulgee, the species is next to M. ccrvinum the most abundant, 

 and is called the White Mullet, or Sucker. Professor Cope found it 

 quite abundant in the Catawba and the Yadkin Rivers, where it "is 

 highly valued by the inhabitants as an article of food. It is regarded 

 as the best of the Catostomi for that purpose. It is less frequently 

 caught on the hook than some other species, but in the autumn, they 

 come upon the weirs in considerable numbers. The fishermen call it 

 the 'Shiner 7 . 7 ' 



Specimens in the United States National Museum. 



