404 Storer on the 
C. gibbosus. Le Sueur. The gibbous Sucker. 
Journal Academy Nat. Sciences, vol. i. p. 92, et fig. 
I have never met with this species, which Le 
Sueur “discovered in the river Connecticut, near, 
Northampton, where it is called Chub Sucker,” and | 
therefore extract his description, from the “ Jour- 
nal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phi- 
ladelphia.” : 
* Back elevated in front of the dorsal fin, which 
is almost as high as broad, and rounded; anal fin 
bilobated. Head nearly as high as long; snout 
short, roundish; tail straight; caudal fin semi-lu- 
mated, lobes roundish, the inferior one longer than 
the upper; scales very much crowded transversely @ 
short distance from the opercula, but more devel- 
oped on the rest of the body; the color of the 
back is a deep blue, with golden reflections ; PE 
toral, ventral and anal fins of a fine reddish orange 
color; caudal fim tinted with carmine and violet; 
dorsal fin bluish green; abdominal scales red at — 
their base; lateral line hardly perceptible ; body 
marked with four or five faint transverse bands. 
Length of specimen eleven inches. 
P.15: D.17- V, 0. A. 9: C. 15 rays. 
.— Dr. Mitchell’s description of the ‘ Cyprinus ob- 
longus! approaches to this; but there are impor- 
tant characters in my species, not noticed in that 
of the former, which preclude a conclusion that 
they ai e the same; therefore, as the matter NOW | 
d must consider the above a nondescript.” 
