164 NEiW YORK STATE MUSEiUM 



July 17, 1894, and in Scioto creek, Coopersville and Saranac 

 river, Plattsburg, Jnly 19, 1894. 



Dr Meek found it in small numbers in Six Mile creek and Fall 

 creek below the falls. It inhabits clear running water. 



The fish grows to the length of 6 inches and may be at once 



distinguished from all of the other minnows by its three-lobed 



lower j^w. It is believed that this singular structure of the 



mouth enables the fish to scrape mollusks from their hold on 



rocks, as its stomach usually contains small shellfish. It takes 



the hook readily. 



Genus carassius Mlsson 



This genus differs from Cyprinus in being without barbels^ 

 its pharyngeal teeth are compressed, in a single series, 4-4. 



Temperate Asia and Europe. Domesticated and degenerated 

 into numerous varieties. (After Gtinther) 



Pharyngeal teeth spatulate, four in a row on each side; 

 mouth terminal, without barbels ; base of the dorsal fin elon- 

 gate; anal fin short; both fins with a spine which is serrated 

 behind. (After Heckel and Kner) 



Body oblong, compressed and elevated; mouth terminal, with- 

 out barbels; teeth 4-4, molar, but compressed; scales large; 

 lateral line continuous; dorsal fin very long, with the third ray 

 developed into a stout spine, which is serrated behind; anal 

 short with a similar spine; ventrals well forward. (After 

 Nilsson) 



99 Carassius auratus (Linnaeus) 



Goldfish (Introduced) 



Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, Syst, Nat. ed. X, I, 322, 1758; Cuvier & 

 Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XVI, 101, 1842; De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, 

 Fishes, 190, 1842; Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass. 115, pi. XXI, fig. 1, 1867. 



Carassius auratus Bl'Eeker, Syst. Cypr. rev, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. I, 255,. 

 1863; Atlas Ichth. Cypr. 74, 1863; Gunther, Oat. Fish. Brit. Mus. VII, 

 32, 1868; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 253, 1883;: 

 GooDE, Fish & Fish. Ind. U. S. I, pi. 231, 1884; Bean, Fisihes Fenna.. 

 54, pi. 25, fig. 43, 1893; Jordan & EI^ermann, Check Li&t Fish. N. A. 

 512, 1896. 



The body of the goldfish is oblong, stout, with the back ele- 

 vated and compressed. Its depth at dorsal origin is contained 



