818 FISHES — CATOSTOMID^. 



Catostomus commwnin, LeSctbur, Journ. Acad, Nat. Soi; Phila , i, 1817, 95.— DbKay, New 



York Fauna, part iv, Fishes, 1842, 196.~Ouvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. des 



Poissons, xvii, 1844, 426.— Kirtland, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., v, 1845, 265 — Storkr, 



Synopsis, 1946, 421.— Cope, Joarn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 236 — Uhlbr and 



Lugger, Fishes of Maryland, 1876, 138. 

 Catostomus bostonienais, LeSubur, Journ. Aoad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1817, 106. — Storer, 



Kept luh. Mass , 1838, 84 ; Synopsis, 1846, 423 ; Hist. Fishes Mass., 1867, 290, pi. 



xxii, f. 3. — CuviER and Valekciennes, Hist, des Poissons, xvii, 1844, 432. — Putnam, 



Bnll. Mas. Comp. Zool , 1863, 10 —Gill, Canadian Nat., Aug , 1865, p 19,— Thorbau, 



Week on Concord and Merrimack, 1868, 38. 

 Catostomus flexuosns, Rafinesque, Ich. Oh., 18.!0, 59. 



Catostomus hudsonius, Richardson, Franklin's Journal, 1823, 717. (Not of LeSueur.) 

 Cyprhius {Catostomus) hudsonius, Richardson, Fiuna Bor -Ain., Fishes, 1836, 112. 

 Cyprinus (Catostomus) reticulaius, Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am , Fishes, 1823, 303. 

 Catostomus gracilis, Kirtland, Rept. Zool. Ohio, 1838, 108. 

 Catostomus nigricans, Storbr, Rept. Ich. Mass , 1838, 86 (not of LeSueur) — Thompson, 



Hiht Vermont, — , 1842. 

 Catostomus pallidns, DeKat, New Toik Fauna, part iv, Fishes, 1842, 200. — Stoker, 



Synopsis, 1846, 426. 

 Catostomus aureolus, Cdvier and Valenciennes, Hist Nat. des Poiss., xvii, 1844, 439. 



(Not of LeSueur.) -Gunthbr, Cat Fishes Brit. Mas., vii, 1868, p. 16. 

 Catostomus forsterianus, Agassiz, Lake Superior, 1850, 368 ; Am. Journ. Soi. Arts, 2d 



series, xix, 1855, 208. 

 Acomus forsterianus, Girard, Proo. Acad. Nat. Soi. Phila., 1856, 1"3. 

 Catostomus aueklii, Gikard, Proo. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila, 1856, 175; U. S. Pac, R. R. 



Expi , X, 1858, pi. li, 2C6— Cope, Hajden's Geol. t^urv. Wyoming, 1870, 1872, 434. 

 Catostomus suckleyi, Jordan and Copeland, Check List, 1876, 156. 

 f Catostomus texanus, Abbott, Proo. Acail. Nat. Soi Phila , 1860, 473. — Jordan and CoPB- 



LAND, Check List, 1876, 156. 

 Catostomus chloropteron, Abbott, Proc Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 473. — Cope, Proc. 



Ae,a<l. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 85. 

 Catostomus chloropterus, Jordan and Copbland, Check List, 1876, 156. 

 Catostomus aliicolus, Cope and Yarrow, Wheeler's Expl. W. 100th Mer., v, Zool., 1876, 



677 —Jordan and Copeland, Check List, 1876, 156. 

 Moxoaioma trisignaium, (Cope) Cope and Yarrow, Wheelei's Expl W. 100th .Mer., v., 



Z'>ol , 1876, 679. 

 Erimyzon trisignatus, Jordan and Copbland, Check List, 1876, 157. 



Description — Body moderately stout, subterete, heavy at the shoulders ; head rather 

 large and stout, conical, flittish above ; snout moderately prominent, scarcely ovf r- 

 passing ihe mouth ; mouth rather large, the lips strongly papillose, the upper moderate, 

 with two or three rows of papillae ; jaws without cartilaginous sheath ; foutanelle 

 large ; scales crowded anteriorly, much larger on the sidts than below ; coloration oliva- 

 ceous, sometimes dusky ; males in spring with a faint rosy lateral band ; young brown- 

 ish, mere or less mottled, sometimes with two or three confluent lateral blotches which 

 sometimes form a faint lateral band ; head 4 to 4^ in body (3J to 4J in young) ; depth 4 

 to 4 J in length, varying with age, the young slender ; scales 10-64 to 70-9. Length, 1 to 

 \\ feet. 



Habitat, all waters of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains. 



