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in the head is exactly median. Dorsal origin equidistant from 

 tip of snout and base of caudal; dorsal base as long as head 

 without snout; longest ray one sixth of total length without 

 caudal, twice as long as the last ray. Distance from ventral 

 origin to anal origin equals length of head. Anal base one half 

 as long as dorsal base; longest anal ray equal to longest of 

 dorsal and twice as long as last ray. Ventral origin is under 

 middle of dorsal; the fin equal to head without snout. Pec- 

 toral nearly one fifth of total lengtl^ without caudal. D. 10 to 

 11; A. 7 to 8; V. 10. Scales usually about 100 in lateral line 

 and in 28 rows from dorsal origin to ventral origin. 



The northern sucker, long-nosed sucker, or red-sided sucker, 

 as the above species is styled, occurs in the Great lakes and 

 northwest to Alaska in clear, cold waters'. It is very common 

 in Lake Erie. It grows to a length of 2 feet and is largest and 

 most abundant northward, in Alaska reaching a weight of 5 

 pounds. As a food fish the long-nosed sucker is little esteemed; 

 but in cold countries the head and roe are used in making a 

 palatable soup. 



The males in the breeding season,' in spring, are profusely 

 covered with tubercles on the head and fins and have a broad 

 rosy band along the middle of the body. In the Yukon river, 

 Alaska, Dr Ball found the fish filled with spawn in April. The 

 eggs are of moderate size and yellow in color. Nelson has 

 seen this species seined by Eskimo in brackish estuaries of 

 streams flowing into Kotzebue sound. W. J. Fisher has col- 

 lected specimens on the peninsula of Alaska. 



This was not found in Cayuga lake basin by Dr Meek, but it 

 occurs in the Adirondack region, and Dr Meek believes it is a 

 member of the Cayuga lake fauna. Dr Evermann obtained five 

 specimens at Grenadier island, N. Y. June 28, 1894. 



The small race found by Fred Mather in the Adirondacks is 

 the ordinary dwarf form characteristic of mountain regions. 

 He discovered four individuals, only 4J inches long, but mature 

 and breeding " in a little mountain brook emptying into Big 

 Moose nearly north of the Big Moose club house, by a bark 



