Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 189 



j. Head rather large, stout, broad above, 4 to nearly 5 in body; snout 



little projecting beyond the mouth. 



ft. Dorsal fin low and small, its first ray when depressed reaching 

 middle of last, the number of rays 12; mouth small. 



CONGESTUM, 312. 



kk. Dorsal fin rather high and pointed, its first ray about reach- 

 ing tip of last, its rays but 11 ; mouth rather small. 



AUSTRINUM,313. 



kkk. Dorsal fin larger and longer, its rays usually 13. 



I. Dorsal fin with its free margin nearly straight; lower fin- 



al ways red in life. 



m. Body oblong or rather elongate, the back little ele- 

 vated. AUREOLUM, 314. 



nun. Body stout, the back much elevated. 



ROBUSTUM, 315. 



II. Dorsai fin with its free margin always more or less in- 



cised or concave; lower fins pale, 

 n. Head moderate, 4g in body; back not elevated. 



MACROLEPIDOTUM, 316. 



. Head very short and blunt, 5 in body; back elevated. 



CRASSILABRE, 317. 



j. Head short, low and small, conic, 5 to 5% in body; mouth very 



small, the snout much projecting beyond it; caudal lobes 



apparently equal. LESUEURI, 318. 



ii. Caudal fin with the upper lobe more or less produced and falcate; 



snout much projecting beyond the small mouth; head small and 



conic, about 5% in length; dorsal fin with the free border incised, 



the first rays produced. 



o. Lower fins red in life; eye small, 5 in head. BREVICEPS, 319. 



oo. Lower fins pale; eye larger. CONUS, 320. 



hh. Caudal with the lower lobe distinctly longer than the upper, and jet black, 



the 2 lower rays abruptly pale; upper lobe red; body elongate; 



mouth moderate. PQCCILURUM, 321. 



gg. Dorsal fin small, its rays 10 to 12 in number; body elongate, subterete, or 



slightly compressed; head shortish; mouth moderate. 



p. Scales 6-50-6, 18 before dorsal; dorsal with its free edge concave; .color 

 nearly plain brownish, tips of dorsal and caudal somewhat dusky. 



RUPISCARTE8, 322. 



pp. Scales 6-43-5, 15 before dorsal; series of pale streaks along rows of scales; 

 tips of dorsal and caudal inky black. CERVINUM, 323. 



304. MOXOSTOMA PAPILLOSUM, (Cope). 

 (WHITE MULLET.) 



Body comparatively stout, the dorsal region somewhat elevated and 

 rounded, the depth 4 to 4$ in length, the head about the same. Eye rather 

 large, high up and well back, the preorbital space being longer than in 

 most species ; top of head flat. Dorsal rays 12 to 14. Scales rather large, 

 6-42-5. Lips moderate, deeply incised, the folds more broken up than in 

 other species. Caudal lobes equal. Color silvery; back with smoky 

 shading ; lower fins more or less reddish. Size moderate, length 1 to 

 2 feet. Coastwise streams from the Dismal Swamp in Virginia to the 

 Ocmulgee River, Georgia ; common. (Papillosus, bearing papillae.) 



Ptychostomns papillomis, COPE, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. Phila., 1870, 470, Catawba and Yadkin 



rivers, North Carolina. 

 Moxostoma papilhsum, JORDAN, Bull. U.S.Nat. BIus., xn, 134,1878; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 



137, 1883. 



