312 PISHES. 



3. MYXOSTOMA, Rafinesque. Red HoEs:fi. 



(Moxostoma et Teretulics, Raf.) 



{Ptycfiostomus, Agassiz.) 



* Lower lip not infolded and " /\ shaped ; •' lips distinctly pli, 



cate. 



f Lower lip full, its posterior edge truncate or slightly rounded. 



a. Species with the body distinctly compressed, the depth 3i 



to nearly 5 in length. 



6. Dorsal fin largely developed, the rays 15 to 18 in number. 



1. M. carpio, (Ouv. & Val.) Jordan. White Mullet 

 OF THE Lakes. Head rather large, 3f to A\ in length, 

 broad above; mouth large, with full lips; eye rather 

 large; body deep, strongly compressed; the back some- 

 what elevated, the depth about 3^ in length; dorsal fin 

 high and largo, larger than in any of the others j scales 

 5 — 43 — 4,* quite large; coloration very pale and silvery, 

 the lower fins white. Great Lakes, and occasionally in 

 the Ohio River; a handsome and well defined species. 



66. Dorsal fin moderate, its rays 13 to 14 in number, 

 c. Caudal fln normal, the two lobes about equal and similarly 

 colored. 

 d. Scales large, 41 to 50 in the course of the lateral line. 

 e. Head singular in form, much shortened, the muzzle very 

 abruptly decurved, descending almost perpendicularly 

 in front of the eye; the head wedge-shaped from be- 

 hind forwards, and less so from below upwards, its 

 sides subvertical and the lower cross-diameter of the 

 head greater than the upper. 



2. M. euryops, Jordan. Snub - Nosed Suckee. Eye 

 very large, more than one-third the length of the side 

 of the head (in an individual of six inches in length); 



• That Is. 43 scales In tbe lateral line, 5 rows between the lateral line and the 

 dorsal flhj and 4 between It and the yentrals. 



