and its Tributaries. . Bt : 
* ^. 
ae 
X 
Scierocnatuvs. Val. Ska vw 
S. cyprinus. The Carp. Le Sueur. 
J. A. N. S. Vol. I. p. 91, and fig. 
Catostomus cyprinus. The Carp. Le Sueur. 
1 Regne Animal, Griffith's trans- 
Labeo cyprinus 
lation, p. 381 
Paoul a The Sailing Sucker. Raf. Ich. Ohiensis, p- 56. 
rpio ? ol; ve Can; Sucker. A m d age. Raf. Ich. Ohien- 
velifer. Carp of the Ohi reine — pp. 169, 192. 
lide cyprinus. The NA -finned Chabe Dekay’s Report, p. 194. TM 
Sderognathus cyprinus Hist. Nat. . preme eri. 
i p. 474. eee 
Plate XXII. Fig. 2. : 
Head short, small, compressed laterally, about one-sixth of 
the total jeugth : operculum radiated with diverging, iridescent 
€s; mouth and lips small; nose rounded. 
Body oval, compressed, the relative diameter varies with 
age ; abdomen thicker than the back, slightly flattened be- 
neath. Back carinated under the anterior half of the dor- 
sal fin. 
Dorsal fin deeply falcated, the anterior rays longer than 
the diameter of the body in young specimens, but dec ^ 
Portion decreases in the old. 
. Caudal fin deeply bilobed, lobes equal. 
Anal fin acute, reaches the base of the caudal, 
Ventral fin short. 3 pect Som 
ectoral fin ovate. 2 en 
Color. The dorsal and anal lins dusky d the other 
fins faint vermilion or orange. The- head, back, and 
. 
gth 12 to 18 inches. 
Hab. Ohio River and Lake Erie. 
D. 253; C. 1855 A. &; V. 10}; P. 16 rays. 
Observations. It is very rare in Lake Erie, but abundant 
