268 Fishes of the Ohio 
the spring and autumn. It migrates down the river at the 
approach of winter. The peculiar color and form distinguish 
it from all the other species of the Catostomi. As an article 
of food, it is esteemed more highly than any other of this 
family. 
Le Sueur drew his figure, published in the Ist vol. of the 
Journal of the Acad. of Nat. Sciences, at Philadelphia, from 
a dried specimen ; and, with the exception of the dorsal fin, 
it has little or no resemblance to the recent fish. 
C. Duguesni. Le Sueur. Pittsburg Sucker. Red Horse 
of the fishermen. . 
Catostomus Mime The While Sucker. Le Sueur. Jour. € N. Se. Vol, I. 
p- 1 
5, and fig. 
i í udis 3 a; Kirtl. Report, pp. 169, 192. 
x: a ao " " Dekay's Report, p. 20 
à £ Hist. Nat. des Pois. t- xvii. 
m Phe XX. Fig. t Mae. ' 
"d Plate XXI. Fig. 2. Female. 
Marr. .Head small, protuberant before the eyes; mouth 
and lips not large; eyes circular. 
Body regular faaifo back slightly gibbous before the 
dorsal fin, rectilinear behind it. 
Dorsal fin trapezoidal, falcated on its upper edge, the two 
first rays elongated and recurved, color a bright carmine. 
udal fin deeply and acutely bilobed ; the lobes pr 
fleitet, and at their extremities incurved ; color the game as 
the dorsal. 
Anal fin extends sei the base of Abt aiek oval, - 
acute at its extremity ; color bright carmine. 
Ventral fin terminates posterior to the dorsal, orange-color. 
Pectoral fin at its point extends as far as the commence- 
ment of the dorsal, ovate, slightly falcate ; color the same as 
the ventral. 
pee alee 12 to 18 inches. 
 Colar of the back and forehead Picasso en 
