828 FISHES — CATOSTOMID^. 



45, Myxostoma aureolum (LeSueur) Jordan. 



Oolden Red Horse; Lake ITIullet. 



Catostomvs aureolua, LeSuedr, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 1817, 93. — Kirtland, 

 Rept, Z .ol Ohio, lt38, 168; Boston Journ. Nat Hist , iii, IB-IO, 349 — DkKay, New 

 Yi rk Fduna, part iv, Finhes, 1H2, '.lOl, — Storer, SjDopsis, 1846, 420— Agassiz, 

 Lake Superior, 1850, 357.— Gunthek, Cat. Fishes Brit, Mus. vli, 1868, 16. (lu yart; 

 description apparently copied and coLfused.) 

 Ptychoatomus aureolas, Agassiz, Ana Jouru. Soi. Arts, 2d series, xix, 1855, 204 — Putnam, 

 Bnll. Mus. Comp. Z lol , 1863, 10.— Cope, Proo. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1864, 285; 

 Proc. Am Philos. Soc. Phila , 1870, 476. 

 Moxosloma aureolum, Jordan, Man. Vert., 187G, 295. 

 Teretiilus aureolum, Nelson, Bull. No 1, His. Mua Nat. Hiat , 1876, 49 

 TereMus aureolus, Jordan and Cophland, Check List, 1876, 157. (Name only ) 

 Moxosloma aureola, Jordan and Gilbert, in Klippart's Rept., 1876, 54. (Name only.) 

 Myxostoma aureola, Jordan, Man. Vert. E. U. S , 2d Ed., 1878, 314 ; Bull. U. S. Mus , xii, 



121, 1878 

 Calosiomus lesueurii, Richardson, Franklin's Journal, 1823, 772, 



Cyprinus (Caloilomus) sueurii, RichardsiiN, Faun Bor,-Am , Fishes, 1836, pp 118, 303. 

 Catostomus sueurii, Cvv. and Val., Hist. Nat des Poissons, xvii, 1844, 475. — StoreR, Sy- 

 nopsis, 1847, 425 

 Catostomus suevri, DbKay, New Y.irk Fauna, part iv, Fishes, 1842, 203. 

 Ptychos'omus sveurii, CoPB, Pr.ic. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila , 477, 1870 

 Teretulus sueurii, Jordan and Cophland, Check List, 1876, 157. (Name only.) 

 Catostomus maerolepidolus, GanTHKR, Cat. Fishes Brit Mas., vii, 1868, 18. (Kxol.svn.) 

 Description.— Budy moderately elongale, compressed, the back somewhat aicbed ; bead 

 comparaiively short, low and rmall ; month e.mall, somewhat overpasst d by the snnut ; 

 lips plicate ; lower lip full, truncate behind ; coloration bright yellowish brown, not 

 silvery, lower ii us bright rtd; head 5 to 5^; depth 3J; D. 13; scales 6-42 to 48-5. 

 Length, 12 to 18 inches. 



Habitat, Ohio Valley and Great Lake region and northward. 



Diignosis. — This species may be known from the Common Red Horse 

 by the shorter head and fmaller mouth. 



Hubiis. — This handsome Sucker is very common in Lake Erie, and is 

 found, though less abundantly in the Ohio River It is confounded by 

 the fishermen with the Common Red Horse, and is of similarly little 

 value as food. 



46. Myxostoma macbolepidotdm (LeSueur) Jordan. 



Common Red Horse; mullet; White Sucker; Large-scaled 



Sucker. 



a. var, macrohpidotum. 



Caloaiomus macrolepidotum, LeSueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Soi Phila., i, 1817, 94. — DkKay, 

 New York Fauna, part iv, Fishes, 1842, 202. — Cuvier and Valenciennes, Ili&t. Nat. 



