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the head; adipose fin with a deep notch but connected with the 

 caudal, its length about equal to head; caudal rounded, its 

 middle rays four fifths as long as the head; anal base as long as 

 the head without the snout; highest ray of dorsal equal to 

 dorsal spine, three fifths as long as head; longest anal ray one 

 half as long as the head, extending to middle of ventral base; 

 ventral fin one half as long as the head; humeral process short. 



Body much mottled with black and gray and with four broad 

 dark bands or cross blotches; top of head, tip of dorsal, middle 

 of adipose fin, and edge of caudal blackish; occiput dark. D. I, 

 6; A. 13 to 15; V. I, 8; P. I, 8. 



The variegated stone cat has been assigned to the Mississippi 



valley, south to Louisiana, to tributaries of Lake Michigan, and 



to the Ohio valley, whe're it is common. It appears to have 



been entirely overlooked by ichthyologists till 1876. Dr Ever- 



mann collected five specimens of this fish in Sandy creek at 



North Hamlin N. Y. Aug. 20, 1894. The probability is that it 



will be found in other waters of the Great lakes region. The 



individuals used for illustration are from 3^ inches to 4J inches 



long. 



Order PLECTOSPONDYLI 



CarpUJce Fishes 

 Suborder eventognathi 



Carps 

 Family catosxoiviiidae: 

 , Suckers 

 Genus carpiodes Rafinesque 

 Body oblong; the dorsal outline more or less arched; the 

 ventral outline nearly straight; depth from one half to one 

 third of length; sides compressed, the back sharp edged; caudal 

 peduncle short and deep; head short and deep; its upper surface 

 rounded; eye moderate, median or anterior; suborbital bones 

 well developed; fontanel present; mouth small, horizontal and 

 inferior; mandible short; lips thin, the upper protractile, nar- 

 row, the low^er narrow; lips feebly plicate or nearly smooth; 



