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only in those streams tributary to the Ohio. Jordan found the young not rare in 

 French Broad River and Spring Creek at Hot Springs. It is a food fish of that 

 section, under the name of "white sucker". Cope noticed it in French Broad 

 River in Tennessee, where examples weighing 12 pounds were reported. 



53. MOXOSTOMA ROBUSTUM (Cope). 

 "Red-horse". 



Ptychoatomus robustus Cope, 1870!>, 473; Yadkin River. 

 Moxostoma robusium, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 193. 



Diagnosis. — Form very short and stout, compressed, the back elevated; head short, deep, 

 contained 4 or 4.5 times in total length; muzzle not prominent, truncate; lower lip very large 

 and full, entirely covering space between rami of jaw; eye .20 to .25 length of head; dorsal fin 

 short, free margin straight, rays 12. Color: smoky or clouded above, mingled with golden 

 reflections, sides similar; yellowish below; dorsal, caudal and anal fins dark crimson, {rohiix- 

 tum, robust.) 



No one seems to have recorded the capture of this species except Cope. 

 He found it only in the Yadkin, and reported it to be highly valued for the table 

 by people living along the river. It was taken in spring-nets and weirs. The 

 weight attained is 6 pounds or more. This species is perhaps identical with 

 Moxostoma aureolum. 



54. MOXOSTOMA MACROLEPIDOTUM (LeSueur). 

 Red-horse. 



CaiOBlomiis macrolepidotus LeSueur, Journal Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, i, 94, 1817; Delaware 



River. 

 Ptyckostomus lachrymdlis, Cope, 18706, 474; Neuse River at New Bern. 

 Moxostoma macrolepidotum, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 193. 



Diagnosis. — ^Body compressed, back gently arched, the depth more than .25 length; 

 head stout, of moderate length; mouth large, lips large and thick, inferior lip with concave 

 posterior margin; eye about .5 width of interorbital space and .6 length of snout; dorsal margin 

 slightly concave, the rays 12 or 13; 44 to 46 scales in lateral series. Color: dull reddish-brown, 

 scales dusky at base, fins pale, {macrolepidotum, large-scaled.) 



Inhabits lowland streams from New Jersey to North Carolina. Jordan & 

 Evermann regard Cope's Ptyckostomus lachrymalis from the Neuse at New Bern 

 as being the same as this species. It grows to a length of 18 inches. 



55. MOXOSTOMA CRASSILABRE (Cope). 

 "Red-horse"; "Red-horse MuUet"; "Sucker MuUet"; "Trout Sucker"; 

 "Golden Mullet"; "Golden-finned Mullet"; "Horse-fish"; "Redfin"; "Mullet". 



Ptychoatomus crassilabris Cope, 1870b, 477; Neuse River near Raleigh. 



Moxostoma crasailabre, Jordan, 1889b, 128; Little River at Goldsboro. Smith, 1893o, 194, 198; Edenton Bay 

 and Roanoke River at Plymouth and Weldon. Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 194. 



Diagnosis. — ^Body compressed, back elevated, depth contained 3.5 times in length; 

 head very small, broad above, .20 total length; snout blunt, overhanging the mouth; mouth 

 of moderate size, the lower lip truncate behind and finely papillose; eye contained 4.5 times in 

 length of head, 2.33 times in interorbital space and 1.5 times in snout; dorsal fin with free 



