accurate, we extract from the Journal of dece Philadel- 
with pointed lobes, the inferior of ap is the lar- 
gest ; abdominal fin truncated. E 
. . as long; the rays of the anal fin are very strong 
` tiful orange color, which is deepest on the back, the 
| with olden reflections ; 3 gédtorál ventral, and anal 
aei o its wes c inches, and its t ipie 
uds ae vee POSENT Ez. o aL 
and its Tributaries. 349 
Íts habits are like those of the other. members of the 
family.- 
 Cxrosrowus. Le Sueur. 
l Us. Le Sueur. The Mullet of the Lake. 
| Onions poca Le Sueur. thin of the Academy of 
Natural onion. Vol. I. p. 95 et seq. 
Catostomus aureolus. Kirtl. sia on dé “Doak of Ohio. pp. * 
192. 
f 
P Plate VI. P. 2. 
"té Sueur S diseiipdioà of this species, whichis is very 
phia Academy. EB C 
** Anal fin long, pointed, and passing — 
beyond the base of the caudal Jin, which is forked, 
s m 
Wenn 
.** Body subeylindrie, elevated at MS e; 
quadrangular, gibbous above the eye, almost'as. high 
and large ; scales rhomboidal, equal ; body of a beau- 
base of the scales dark red ; the sides are heightened 
orange ; caudal fin of a deep car- 
orsal fin is paler than the ‘rest ; 
e is neatly straight, and commences in 
a line wi eye. Length of individual described, 
ness two inches and a 
P718; 
This beauti 
kls- V. 9; A8; c. 18 rays. 
‘spe jut aides near Buffalo, on 
