36 THE FISHES OF OHIO. 



Genus: Erimyzon. 



Erimyzon sucetta oblongus (Mitchell). Sweet Sucker; 

 Chub Sucker. 

 Head 4 to 4% m length ; snout not projecting ; eye \% to 4^ in head- 

 Body stout, compressed ; depth in adults about 3, but younger specimens 

 much more slender ; back arched, old specimens becoming quite gibbous at 

 the nape. Lateral line entirely wanting. Scales about 40, closely imbri- 

 cated and somewhat crowded anteriorly, sometimes showing irregularities of 

 arrangement. Length 10 inches. Color varying with age, in adults brown 

 or brownish olive above, with a tendency to brassy on sides and belly ; 

 younger specimens are plain olivaceous, occasionally bright, ' ' gold-fish 

 3'ellow " ; very young with a distinct, black lateral band, which breaks up' 

 into blotches a little later. Ohio specimens show some variations between 

 the typical E. sucetta and the variety oblongus, but seem to agree more 

 closely with the variety than with the typical form. 



The Chub Sucker, or Sweet Sucker, is widely distributed over 

 the state, but its occurrence is irregular. At some points it is an 

 abundant species, at others rare. ' ' Common in Little Miami and 

 Ohio rivers," Henshall, 1888 ; " not common, I have taken a few 

 in the lower part of Beaver creek," McCormick, 1892 ; Maumee 

 river at Toledo, St. Joseph river at Edgerton, St. Mary's river at 

 St. Mary's, Tiffin river at West Unity, Lost and Gordon creeks, 

 near Cecil, Kirsch, 1893 \ Franklin County, Scioto river, Scioto' 

 Big Run, Grant's Run, Big Darby, Little Darby and Hell. 

 Branch, Osburn and Williamson, 1897 ; Ohio river at Ironton,. 

 Wabash river at Celina, Stillwater and Wolf creeks near Dayton, 

 R. C. Osburn, 1899 ; Licking reservoir, E. B. Williamson ; San- 

 dusky Bay, very common in Black Channel, Grand river at 

 Painesville, Chagrin river at Willoughby, Wheeling creek at 

 Bridgeport, and Ohio river and McMahon creek at Bellaire, R. C. 

 Osburn, 1900. 



Genits: Minytrema. 

 Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque). Winter Sucker ; Spotted Sucker r 



Striped Sucker. 



Head 4 1 / ; snout round, a trifle projecting. Body elongate, somewhat 

 terete, back somewhat arched in front of dorsal fin ; depth about 4. D. 12 ; 

 A. 7. Scales about 46. Lateral line wanting in young, present but more or 

 less interrupted in adults. Coloration dusky olive above, each scale with a 

 more or less distinct black spot at its base, these forming rows along the 

 rows of scales. Length about 18 inches. 



