266 Fishes of the Ohio 
studded with prominent tubercles, which appear to be decid- 
uous at the close of the spawning season. Its body is so 
poor and slender at that time, that it has very little resem- 
blance to the females or to itself at other seasons. 
C. bubalus. Raf. Buffalo Sucker. Brown Buffalo. 
Catostomus bubalus. eT St Icthyol. Ohiensis, p. 5 
yi » Kirtland’s Rep. on Zeal. of Ohio, pp. 169, 192. 
Plate XIX. Fig. 
Head one fifth of the total length, rounded, rapidly de- 
clivous, gibbous between the eyes and on the forehead, com- 
pressed laterally ; back gibbous, sub-carinate ; abdomen recti- 
linear, thicker than the back; lateral line straight ; scales 
large, somewhat radiate with minute lines. Dorsal jin long; 
commencing as far forward as the ventral, and terminating 
over the middle of the anal fin, the anterior apes dente 
the posterior low and horizontal. 
-. Caudal fin bilobed, the lobes: idus! in length; the lower 
beóndéi 
Anal fin trapezoidal, actitely terminated, — as far 
as the base of the caudal. 
Ventral fin nearly medial. 
Pectoral fin does not extend as far back as the s comte: 
ment of the dorsal. 
Color* Back and head brown, sides bronzy and ipo 
abdomen whitish, iris gilt. 
Length, from one to three feet. 
Hab. Ohio river. 
D. 98;.C. 1855 Ay 135 Vg Pró tape: 
Observations. 'This is the largest species of Catostomus 
found in the western waters. Its flesh is eatable, but coarse, 
and not highly esteemed. 
"The color and form vary. with. age. - The young is sary 
elliptical. in its outline, and is often sold in the market as 
distinet species, under the name of Bufalo Perch. al 
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