CATOSTOMID^. 33 



Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). Quili, Back; Spearfish. 



Head ^H to 4 '■> n ps thick, full, flesh-colored in life, the halves of the 

 lower meeting at an acute angle; muzzle projecting, conic; eye 4 to 5. in 

 head. Back much arched ; depth 1% to 3. Dorsal fin of about 27 rays, the 

 anterior rays very long and filamentous, sometimes as long as the base of the 

 fin. Caudal deeply forked, its lobes slender, the upper lobe the longer. 

 Scales 7-35-5. 



Recorded by Rafinesque for the Ohio river as far as Pittsburg. 

 ' ' Quite Common in Ohio river, young ones common in Little 

 Miami river and tributaries," Henshall, 1888 ; Maumee river at 

 Antwerp, Defiance, Grand Rapids and Toledo, Tiffin river at 

 Brunersburg, Auglaize river at Cloverdale, Oakwood and Defi- 

 ance, Blanchard fiver at Ottawa and Cloverdale, Hoaglin creek 

 near Oakland, Beaver creek at Grand Rapids, "rather common 

 at all these points," Kirsch, 1893 ; Scioto river, Scioto Big Run, 

 Mason's Run and Hell Branch, Williamson and Osburn, 1897 ; 

 Scioto river at Ironton, Wabash river at Celina, Wolf creek near 

 Dayton, North Fork of Licking river at Newark, R. C. Osburn, 

 1899 ; Breakneck creek and Cuyahoga river near Kent, Chippewa 

 lake, Wheeling creek at Bridgeport, Ohio river and McMahon's 

 Run at Bellaire, R. C. Osburn, 1900. 



Cycleptus elongatus (Le Sueur). Black Horse ; 

 Missouri Sucker. 



Depth 4 to 5 ; head 6 to 8% ; eye small, 6 to 7 in head. D. 30, its long- 

 est ray a little longer than head ; A. 7 or 8 ; scales 9-56-7. Color very dark, 

 males in spring almost black. Length 2^ feet. 



Apparently confined in this state to the Ohio river. ' ' As far as 

 Pittsburg," Rafinesque. Recorded for the Ohio by Kirtland and 

 by Jordan, and Henshall in 1888 mentions it as " not uncommon 

 in the Ohio river. 



