Moogadee 



water of Utah Lake, Jacksons Lake and other lakes which it 

 inhabits. 



This species reaches a length of i8 inches or more, and holds 

 rank with the others of the genus as a food-fish. 



Head 3f; depth 4^; eye small, 7 in head, 3I- in interorbital 

 width; snout 2^ in head; D. 12 or 13; A. 7; scales 12-70 to 

 72-12. Body rather long, little compressed, the back broad; head 

 broad, conical; mouth entirely inferior, the mandible nearly hori- 

 zontal; upper lip wide, full, pendant, with 4 to 8 rows of coarse, 

 irregular papillae; lower lip very broad, coarsely papillose, cut to the 

 base; dorsal fin long and low, its anterior rays -j longer than the 

 last; pectorals, ventrals and caudal short; anal long. Colour, black- 

 ish above, paler below, the fins dark; breeding males with the 

 sides rosy. 



Besides the 7 species described above, 12 others of less im- 

 portance are recognized as occurring in North America. 



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Moogadee 



Catosiomus pocatello Gilbert & Evermann 



One of these, the Moogadee of the Fort Hall Indians of Idaho, 

 is of some food value. 



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