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two species on the Atlantic coast, one with a 

 shorter and blunter nose than the other. The 

 sturgeon attains a length of twelve feet, and a 

 weight of three or four hundred pounds, and 

 leaps entirely out of the water at dusk. Its 

 mouth is on the under surface of its head, it 

 has no teeth, and it grubs for its food in the 

 mud. 



Sucker, Buffalo (Buffalo-Fish, etc.): Caught 

 on Black Bass tackle and worm bait in the 

 Mississippi and its tributaries. Attains a 

 weight of fifteen pounds. 



Sucker, Big-mouthed Buffalo (Gaspergou, 

 etc. ) : Caught on heavy tackle in the larger 

 streams of the Mississippi. Weighs up to fifty 

 pounds. 



Sucker, Black Horse (Missouri Sucker, 

 Gourd-Seed Sucker, Suckerel, Shoenaher, 

 etc.) : Caught on Black Bass tackle and worm 

 and minnow bait in the river channels of the 

 Ohio and Mississippi. Attains a weight of 

 fifteen pounds. 



Sucker, Brook (White Sucker, etc.) : Caught 

 on Brook Trout tackle and worm bait in all 

 bodies of water from New England to Colorado. 

 In the Great Lakes it attains a length of two 

 feet; in brooks, ten inches. 



Sucker, Chub (Barbel, Sweet Sucker, Creek- 

 Fish, etc.) : Caught on Brook Trout tackle and 

 worm bait from Maine to Texas. Attains a 

 length of one foot. 



Sucker, Hammer-Head (Stone- Roller, Hog 

 Sucker, Mud Sucker, Stone Toter, etc.): 

 Caught on Brook Trout tackle and worm bait 

 in rapids and shoals of cold and clear water 

 from the Great Lakes southward. It should 

 not be called Mud Sucker as it favors running 

 streams. Attains a length of two feet. 



Sucker, Rabbit-Mouth (Hare-Lip, Split- 

 Mouth, May Sucker, etc.): Caught on Brook 

 Trout tackle and worm bait in Tennessee 

 rivers and some Ohio streams. Attains a 

 length of eighteen inches. 



