[93] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 479 



Genus ERIMYZON Jordan. 



09. Erimyzon saaeetfa (Lac.) Jordan. Chub Sucker, ; Creek; 

 Fish ; Common Mullet ; Horned Sucker. 



United States from New England to Texas, west to the 



Rocky Mountains. 

 A variable species of comparatively small size and little 



value. 



21701. Potomac River. December 3, 1878. C. W. Schuermanu. 



Genus MINYTREMA Jordan. 



100. jninytremaiiielaiiops (Raf.) Jordan. Spotted Mullet - 



Striped Sucker. 



Great Lake region; Mississippi Valley southward to 



Texas; Eastern United States to South Carolina. 

 A large sucker reaching 18 inches in length and sold in 

 great numbers, though of inferior quality. 

 8434. Mississippi Valley. 



Genus MOXOSTOMA Raflnesque. 



10 1. JUoxostoma niacrolepidotum (Le Sueur.) Jordan. Com- 



mon Red Horse ; Mullet ; White Sucker ; 

 Large-scaled Sucker; Striped Sucker ; Lake 

 Mullet. 



Great Lakes ; Eastern United States from Vermont to 

 South Carolina. 



The species grows very large, reaching nearly 2 feet 

 in length ; it is sold in considerable quantities in the 

 markets of Philadelphia and Washington ; but is not 

 seen in Baltimore according to Uhler and Lugger. 



7995. Eastern United States. 



102. Moxosfoma duquesnii (Le Sueur) Jordan. Western hed 



Horse. 



Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and south westward to 

 Arizona. 



This maybe only a variety of the last, as suggested by 

 Jordan & Gilbert ; i t has, however, a much larger 

 mouth and a longer head, so that it may readily be 

 distinguished; it is exceedingly abundant, like the 

 last, and is extensively used for food. 

 8025. Yellow Creek, Ohio. Prof. S. F. Baird. 



